Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca North 19 - 25 July 2018 Issue 1724

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19 - 25 July 2018

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NEWS EXTRA Coal not the goal SPAIN consumed 28.5 per cent more coal in 2017 than the previous year, the highest in the world in relative terms, after a lack of rain left the country with a hydropower deficit, according to an energy journal.

Cat fight TWO high-ranking members of Spain’s opposition People’s Party want the country to leave the EU’s Schengen Area after Germany refused to extradite separatist Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont on treason charges.

Five dead FIVE people drowned on Spanish beaches last weekend, including two in Cataluña, two in Castellon and one in A Coruña, Galica, while a 10-year-old boy remains in critical condition in Tarragona.

By Matt Ford AN investigator who recreated the death of tragic Scottish holidaymaker Kirsty Maxwell for a television documentary says she “climbed out on a balcony in Benidorm before losing her grip and falling.”

Specialist Michael Brown performed a series of tests where he asked three women of a similar height and weight to the victim to climb a replica of the hotel railing she fell from.

And his probe found that the 27-year-old from Livingston did not jump from the 10th floor balcony, but climbed over it and tried to cling on before plummeting to her death.

Mr Brown said: “All we can say is I believe she was facing into the room at the point she lost her balance or lost her grip and fell, vertically initially, before she interacted with features on the building.

“How that loss of balance or loss of grip occurred is not something I can hypothesise on.

But the biggest thing that would help is if people spoke up.”

In the dramatic reconstruction, the woman wore similar clothes to those Kirsty had on when she died, and each took

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Kirsty case goes on 12 seconds to climb over the railing.

Tears on her denim skirt were also analysed, Private detective David Swindle, an ex-police officer who has been leading an enquiry on behalf of her family, said in the BBC show Killed Abroad: “Kirsty could not have jumped directly over that balcony.

“It seems far more likely that she clambered over.

“But what happened next? It makes me wonder - has Kirsty

been climbing?

“Was she trying to get to the rooms below?

“It wasn’t very quick. What were they (the suspects) doing when this was going on? We saw how difficult it is to do what was said that Kirsty did.

“It’s a small piece in the jigsaw of circumstances that you try to put together. It helps the investigation.”

He added: “Nobody tested that theory. The police in Spain hadn’t used any experts. We will hand the information over to the authorities.”

Kirsty was on a hen-do with pals and died seven months af-

ter marrying husband Adam in Cyprus.

After a night out she entered and fell from an apartment next door to a friend’s room, and a floor above her own, occupied by five British bodybuilders from Nottingham.

The men were quizzed by Spanish investigators and denied responsibility for her death, claiming she jumped before returning to the UK. Mr Swindle has obtained police images from inside their room, alongside copies of their statements, in which major holes were found during the programme.

FRESH HOPE: BBC Scotland has featured the probe headed by David Swindle.

Spanish investigators believe Kirsty could have mistaken the apartment for a friend’s after becoming disorientated, and controversially destroyed her clothes without proper DNA testing.

Her dad Brian Curry, 59, has urged any witnesses to come forward as the family fight to keep the case open.

He said: “We hope this will put pressure on the authorities to take this to trial. We are waiting for scientific results back from the lab and a prosecutor will look at the evidence.

“We want somebody to be held responsible. To me, one or more people are responsible for Kirsty’s death.”

Killed Abroad, which also investigates the death of Craig Mallon, 26, who was killed with one punch while on a stag party in Lloret de Mar, aired on BBC1 Scotland at 9pm yesterday (Wednesday).

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Record six months for transplants

THE BIG PICTURE Nº 23

THE life-saving transplant unit at Alicante’s University Hospital has had a record first six months of the year. In total, 75 transplants - 51 kidney and 24 liver - were undertaken, with the waiting time for kidney and liver transplants falling 18.6 per cent and 45 per cent respectively, according to the Ministry for Health.

Action sought HOTELIERS who have been waging a way about unregulated holiday home letting have now turned their sights on boat owners. Hotel and business association HOSBEC says that unregulated holiday accommodation is also being offered on boats - and they want action taken to regulate the market.

Be smart BENIDORM is planning to include elements of new technology in its latest street furniture contract. These could include connected digital information screens that can link to mobile phones, and ‘smart city’ tech to help control pollution waste disposal and traffic flows, as well as add services like 4/5G and Wi-fi.

Big plans THE new urban plan (PGPOU) for Alcoy predicts population growth of up to 65,000 inhabitants, despite the town actually losing residents over the past 10 years. If the plan is right, the town will more than double in size. The area earmarked for most expansion is Trencacaps, located halfway between the neighborhoods of Batoy and Santa Rosa.

HACK TO NATURE: The process is sustainable since the trees are not cut down.

Popping the cork SPAIN is the second-largest producer of cork in the world after Portugal, with 27 per cent of the world’s 2.2 million hectares of cork forest, and the annual harvest is now in full swing.

Taking place from June 15 to August 15 each year, it is the ultimate example of an environmentally-friendly industry which still employs ancient methods.

The process is considered sustainable because the trees are not cut down to obtain the product, rather the bark is stripped from the trunk by highly-skilled workers known

as corcheros who wield specialised tools and must train for around eight years.

Normally working in teams of five, they each have a specific role, from using an axe to strip the cork to stacking the planks in piles or loading it onto mules once it is cut.

The trees cannot be harvested until they are 30 to 40years-old, and after being cut they are left alone for nine to 12 years to allow the cork to grow back, the harvest taking place in a different area each year following a cyclical pattern.

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Truck blaze THE CV-70 road between Benidorm and La Nucia was closed after a tow truck burst into flames on Monday. The incident, which took place around 6pm, was not resolved until 7pm. Fiirefighters not only had to tackle the lorry blaze, but also had to extinguish flames that had begun to spread to nearby undergrowth.

Busy TRAM ALICANTE’S TRAM network say 1.2 million users in June - up 4.7 per cent on the same month last year. Line 2 from Luceros to Sant Vicent with 473,496 users was the busiest. Overall, the Valencian local rail lines (FGV) carried 6.7 million passengers last month, up 3.5 per cent on the previous June.

Tourism boom IT looks like being another bumper year for Denia’s tourism industry.

Occupancy figures for the first half of July repeat last year’s excellent figures and in the case of campsites exceeds them.

Hotels have enjoyed 80 per cent occupancy figures - better than the forecast 65 per cent to 70 per cent. As far as apartments are concerned, tourism accommodation has seen 70 per cent occupancy, the same as the same period of last year.

For the town’s tourism industry the high demand for holiday apartments is good news as this type of accommodation is where most tourists stay.

The Denia’s Department of Tourism figures also show that campsites were 61 per cent full, compared to just 55 per cent in 2017.

Advance bookings for the second half of July show hotel occupancy of 73 per cent, with the Department of Tourism predicting it will reach 90 per cent.

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Blue flags to be lowered?

THE highly coveted blue flag status of Benidorm’s beaches could be in danger if a proposal from the city’s Ecology and Environment Officer is accepted.

A shortage of staff means the D epar t m ent of Beaches i s struggling to cope with all the work necessary to earn the various quality control certificates the city’s beaches need to acqui r e t he t op r anki ngs f or cleanliness and sanitation.

So he has com e up wi t h a simple solution - just don’t do

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the work.

His proposal is that the city counci l shoul d t em por ar i l y suspend procedures to get certified -and that would probably mean Benidorm losing its blue flags.

In his report the officer says that two people who had been working in the department had left, and there was also no longer a Quality Manager.

The officer wants two posts i n t he beaches and envi r onment departments to be filled.

The total number of news and features which appeared in Issue 1723 of the Euro Weekly News Costa Blanca North edition, including 110 local stories.

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‘LONG LIVE SPAIN’: Protesters give fascist salutes at the Valley of the Fallen and (inset) Pedro Sanchez addresses Congress.

Salutes for Franco

SPAIN’S new Prime Minister has vowed to exhume the remains of former military dictator Francisco Franco.

“I want to announce to you that the political decision of this government is taken,” said Pedro Sanchez during an extraordinary session of Congress. “We are going to exhume the remains of the dictator Franco from the Valley of the Fallen, and this - barring last-minute changes to the means that will make this possible - will take place in a very brief period of time.

“The wounds have been open for many years, too many, and the time has come to close them.

Our democracy will have symbols that unite citizens.”

It comes days after hundreds of protesters gathered at the controversial Valley of the Fallen monument north of Madrid, giving fascist salutes and chanting: ‘Long live Spain;’ ‘Don’t touch the Valley;’ and ‘Franco, Franco, Franco!’

Many also sang ‘Cara al Sol,’ the anthem of the general’s fascist Phalange party, while some unfurled the pre-constitutional Spanish flag emblazoned with an eagle.

Opposition parties last year voted to move Franco’s remains from the state-funded mau-

soleum and turn the site into a memorial for ‘the victims of fascism’ who died during Spain’s Civil War from 1936-1939.

The end of the bloody struggle saw the dictator assume control of the country until his death in 1975 and he is the only person buried at the site who was not killed during the conflict.

In addition to Franco, Phalange party founder Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera is also buried at the site alongside 27,000 fascist soldiers and 10,000 pro-Republicans fighters whose bodies were taken from mass graves and entombed there without their families’ consent.

But the protestors fiercely oppose the move.

Francisco Javier Feria, dressed in the blue uniform of the Phalange, told Spanish media: “There is a lot of resentment, this is vengeance against a political ideology. This is not a Franco cult. The bodies here have to give an example so that [the Civil War] does not happen again.”

Since taking office via a no-confidence motion in the former conservative administration of ousted leader Mariano Rajoy, Spain’s socialist government has announced plans to establish a truth commission to investigate alleged crimes against humanity committed by the Franco regime.

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Up in flames RESIDENTS of a home for the disabled were told to stay indoors for their safety as a fire on the edge of Montgo Natural Park flared up.

Firefighters rushed to the hamlet of Pinaret de la Xara, near Denia to tackle the blaze before it could spread and cause devastation to the protected area.

Some residents of nearby houses were evacuated because of the danger caused by billowing smoke. They were allowed home after the fire was brought under control at about 7.30pm last Monday.

The fire brigade deployed four air assets, three forest firefighter units and three fire engines to fight the blaze.

The incident happened in a

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Fire threatened Natural Park

MONTGO BLAZE: Firefighters put out third park fire in eight days forest of highly flammable pines that leads directly into the park.

The hot weather and strong winds meant it was essential to

bring the blaze under control quickly before a major incident in an area of supreme natural beauty occurred.

Appeal against towers demolition BENIDORM Council is to appeal to the Supreme Court against a TSJ (Superior Court) €100 million decision to order the demolition of two tower blocks.

Owners of the apartments affected will join the council in the legal battle to safeguard their homes, which have been under threat of demolition since 2012. The 22-floor twin towers of the Punta Llisera complex are a dominant feature in Benidorm, perched as they are on a cliff - but a series of courts have decided they should never have been built.

The city council gave planning permission for the towers in 2005. Promoter Edificaciones Calpe proceeded to construct the edifices, but then in 2012 the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de la Comunitat

Valenciana (TSJCV) declared the permission illegal and ordered their demolition.

Since then there has been a long legal process of appeals, until the TSJ confirmed the demolition order last November.

If the latest (and final) appeal fails then the council will have to take responsibility for the demolition. This would cost around €7 million, but the total cost would be much higher as the council would have to pay compensation to apartment owners.

This would amount to the market value of each flat plus 20 per cent, at an average of about €300,000 per apartment. According to the regional government some €100 million will need to be set aside to meet all eventualities.

Emergency services stressed that the forecasted risk of fire is extreme, with the possibility of dry storms and strong winds. In fact this was the third fire in just eight days on the edge of Montgo.

At the first sight of smoke emergency services should be called as speed is essential in avoiding an environmental disaster should a fire get out of control.

The cause of the fire is as yet unknown, although an investigation is being carried out.

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Braak in the sun!

HER 16-year marriage to stockbroker Danny Goldberg ended in April.

But Australian model Annalise Braakensiek showed she’s letting things hang loose as she soaked up the rays on holiday in Barcelona.

The 45-year-old bombshell sent temperatures soaring after whipping off her bikini top before posting a saucy snap on Instagram captioned in Spanish: ‘A very magical and fun day.’

BEACH READY: Annalise Braakensiek.

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Strictly romance

SUMMER LOVIN’: Gorka and Gemma.

Ocean Serg SPAIN suffered an embarrassing World Cup after tumbling out to hosts Russia in the last 16 when widely predicted to be among the favourites.

But captain and Real Madrid star Sergio Ramos appeared to be getting the disastrous exit out of his system as he holidayed on a luxury yacht with girlfriend Pilar Rubio. They have been together for six years and their third child Alejandro was born in March.

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THEY recently hinted they’ve discussed children after just four months together.

And Strictly Come Dancing’s Gorka Marquez, 27, and Gemma Atkinson, 33, jetted to Ibiza for a sunshine break as their burgeoning romance continues to take off.

Speaking on ITV chat show Lorraine, Gemma gushed: She said: “I love the fact that Gorka’s an amazing cook, and I love eating so it’s a great combo. Outside the gym it’s like being best mates.

“In 10 years time when hopefully we’ve got a couple of kids around I won’t want to be out of breath!”

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SHE’S currently travelling the globe with hubby Jay Z as the pair wow fans with their On The Run II tour.

And pop megastar Beyonce, 36, caused a stir at Barcelona airport as the couple and their entourage jetted into Spain ahead of their FORMER Atomic Kitten singer Kerry Katona has been put through her paces at a holistic body camp on the Costa del Sol. The TV personality and singer attended a water workout session atop a floating platform at the plush fitness centre overlooking the sea in Marbella.

It comes after a close friend told UK media that the mum-offive was left devastated after her former bandmates Natasha Hamilton and Liz McClarnon

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REAL LOVE: Pilar and Serge. only performance in the country.

The Crazy In Love songstress flaunted her famous curves in denim shorts and a sheer blouse, topping off the outfit with a pair of red designer sunglasses.

ON THE RUN AGAIN: Beyonce.

Atomic blonde recorded a World Cup-themed version of their hit Whole Again while she was away in Spain.

The source said: “Kerry is heartbroken. She’s absolutely gutted that the girls would sing the song without her.

“She always thought they’d get back together and this was an

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KA-TONED: Kerry in Marbella. amazing opportunity. She’s a single mum and has been struggling looking after the kids and the family, so it hurts her a lot to be left out of it.”

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Attack of the drones

By Staff Reporter WITH a surge in construction authorities are turning to new technology to solve an old problem - illegal dumping of rubble and other building rubbish.

As buildings go up and home owners carry out reforms there has been a noticeable rise in dumping of old bricks, concrete, tiles and unwanted materials in the region.

Now a map of blackspots for illegal dumping is being drawn up and some of the worst problem areas may be equipped with cameras to keep a look out.

Drones may also be used in an effort to catch the worst culprits.

Two spots singled out for special attention are around the city’s cemetery and the industrial estate Llano del Espartal,

NEW TECH: Drones will help police. where the problem has intensified in recent times. Six months ago 360 tons of rubbish were removed from the area, and a month ago a further 85 tons were collected. The area is already being filled up again with building debris and rubbish.

Construction firms dump waste to avoid landfill disposal

Data disaster THE personal and financial information of millions of Telefonica customers may have been compromised after the telecommunications giant suffered a data breach.

Customers of its Movistar landline, broadband and television services have had their supposedly secure information exposed.

This breach was only uncovered when a customer made a complaint to consumer rights organisation FACUA. Their investigation found anyone with a Movistar account could access other customers’ personal data.

FACUA said: “Names, addresses, landlines and mobile numbers, email addresses and the breakdown of calls from Movistar customers have been publicly exposed by the biggest security hole in the history of telecommunications.”

Telefonica could potentially be fined between €10 million and €20 million.

charges, while home owners doing reforms often avoid the municipal tip if they have not paid for building licences and want to avoid the authorities.

Other measures being considered include better coordination between the cleaning/waste management department and the planning department.

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Travel ban lifted Footy star back in UK as sex probe goes on

By Matt Ford A CHARLTON ATHLETIC footballer accused of sexually assaulting a British holidaymaker in Ibiza has been allowed to fly back to the UK. Striker Reeco HackettFairchild, 20, had been unable to leave the island for over a month after a Spanish judge ordered him to hand over his passport.

He missed the start of pre-season training as well as a friendly match against Queens Park Rangers, and was warned he could be forced to stay on the island for months in the wake of the alleged attack on a 19-yearold woman.

However his lawyer Jaime Campaner successfully managed to fight for his travel ban to be lifted and bail conditions changed.

It comes after investigating judge Carmen Martin Montero agreed to watch videos recorded on his and his 20-year-old teammate Karlan Ahearne-Grant’s

PASSPORT RETURNED: Reeco Hackett-Fairchild was held last month. mobile phones. The pair were arrested on June 12 alongside pal Olusola Odejayi, 26, after the alleged victim’s parents told police she had been attacked in a hotel near San Antonio while on a family break.

Detectives were told that one of the men - later identified as Odejayi - then forced himself on the young woman while HackettFairchild held her down and Ahearne-Grant filmed the scene on a mobile phone. But it later emerged that the ‘victim’ engaged

in a sex act with the player before the alleged assault, after she confessed to ‘kisses and sexual things’ when quizzed in court.

Asked to specify what had occurred by Campaner she replied: ‘Oral sex.’

She then said she failed to confirm it in her initial police statement due to nerves, while the three men have always maintained their innocence. HackettFairchild has now been allowed to fly back to London after Campaner convinced the judge and

state prosecutors to watch the videos, which he earlier claimed would prove the women had consensual sex with two of the accused.

Ibiza’s Court of Investigation Number Three is reportedly still waiting for the results of forensic tests, after the medic who examined her last month said there were no signs of injury or bruising to suggest she had been raped.

The judge who initially quizzed the suspects described their version of events as ‘credible and coherent,’ and said there existed ‘reasonable doubts’ that a sexual assault had taken place.

Non-footballer Odejayi has also had his travel ban lifted, while Ahearne-Grant remains under investigation for a privacy offence believed to relate to a mobile phone recording he made.

All three must sign on at the Spanish Embassy in London twice-a-month, to date none have been charged.

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OUR VIEW Much ado about little IT almost seemed that certain parts of the Spanish and International press wanted to see street riots following the England v Croatia match in Russia.

There had been some unsavoury scenes in Benidorm with a ‘stand-off’ between the police and so-called England fans following the previous match with both sides complaining that the other was at fault.

There was lots of huffing and puffing and a few insults, but generally speaking there was nothing too serious although any argument or disturbance by visitors to the city was certainly uncalled for and unnecessary.

The general feeling seemed to be that the Brits will be at it again (even though it has been pointed out by those who aren’t English that the Northern Irish, Scots and Welsh were being unfairly brought into this general anti feeling) but in the event, the evening passed without any problem.

The media rolled into Benidorm looking for fights, the authorities had drafted in a number of specialist police who were used to handling riots and even the British (not English) Foreign Office advised people to be calm.

There is an old saying about giving a dog a bad name and in fairness, the combination of football, booze and heat could well have resulted in things getting fractious but thankfully, those England fans (and others who decided that England was part of the United Kingdom and they could offer their support) who were there, decided to just have a good time and either drown their sorrows or celebrate the best achievement of an England team since 1990.

Long may the peace last.

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Looking after your pension starts with avoiding scams There has never been more choice for what Britons can do with their pension. While this freedom is generally welcome, British police revealed £43 million was lost to pension scams between 2014-17.

Scammers look for opportunities to access pension funds, most commonly through transfers.

‘Defined benefit’ or ‘final salary’ UK pensions are particularly lucrative, as today’s unusually high transfer values can represent hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Transfers to Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes (QROPS) are also targeted. For many British expatriates, a QROPS is a suitable way to unlock tax, estate planning and currency benefits.

There can genuinely be significant advantages in transferring UK pensions, but you should take extreme care to do what is right for you while avoiding scams. It is crucial to explore all your options and seek regulated, personalised advice

By Brett Hanson, Partner, Blevins Franks before taking any action.

How can you spot a scam?

While around two in five pension scams start with a cold call or text, they can also stem from unsolicited contact in person, online or through the post.

Tell-tale signs include offering access to your pension before the age of 55 (‘pension liberation’) or unusually high and guaranteed returns, typically over 5%. Some offer cash incentives (‘commission rebates’) and unusual or ‘exotic’

investment opportunities; recent examples include vineyards, storage pods and truffle trees.

Generally, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is; no investment is guaranteed. Once you transfer, it is too late. You could not only lose some or all of your pension, you could face a 55% UK tax bill plus penalty fees.

Also beware that many companies offering pension services are unregulated. Whether they aim to defraud you or not, unprotected investments offer no opportunity for compensation if things go wrong.

How can you protect yourself?

Be extremely suspicious if you are contacted out of the blue for a ‘free pensions review’. Before giving out your personal details, check the ScamSmart website (www.fca.org.uk/scamsmart) and research the person/company you are dealing with. A simple online search can reveal whether an adviser is regulated or on any warning

registers. Also look for consumer reviews, ask around your community and follow up references. In any case, never sign anything under pressure and without fully understanding what you are getting into.

Whether you are a British resident or not, take professional advice and use a provider that is authorised and regulated for pension business by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Regulated advisers should carry out a high level of due diligence when recommending the full range of options for your particular circumstances.

Even with authorised advisers, check for quality. An FCA study of pension ‘mis-selling’ concluded that less than half of people transferring final salary pensions did so as the result of ‘suitable’ advice. In practice, many people benefit more from staying put and receiving a guaranteed retirement income for life than cashing-in for a one-off payment. Worse still, the

FCA found only 35% were given good advice on where to reinvest their transferred funds, putting pension savings at risk of ending up in inappropriate or scam investments.

Make sure your adviser puts your interests above their commission.

They should take account of your needs, objectives, personal circumstances and risk appetite to find a tailor-made solution for you and your life in Spain.

It can only take a moment to lose a lifetime of savings, but with careful planning and quality advice, you can both protect and make the most of what you have for years to come.

This article should not be construed as providing any personalised investment advice. You should take advice for your circumstances.

Keep up to date on the financial issues that may affect you on the Blevins Franks news page at www.blevinsfranks.com.

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Holiday hell Tourist hurt ‘taking selfie’

RESCUE: Santa Barbara Castle.

A TOURIST who toppled off the walls of Alicante’s Santa Barbara castle probably lost balance while he was taking a selfie, say police.

Firefighters had to call in a helicopter to rescue the 23-year-old Italian man after he had plunged 25 metres at the city landmark perched on top of Monte Benacantil.

The man had suffered a traumatic brain injury and multiple injuries to his body. Hospital authorities have not given an update on his condition.

Personnel from the Provincial Consortium rescue group joined firefighters in the rescue operation in an

area ‘of difficult access’ on the steep slopes beneath the walls of the castle. A castle worker alerted Local Police to the incident, saying there was an injured person in the Baluarte de la Mina area. Medics stabilised the man’s condition before he was flown to San Vicente Park, where an ambulance was waiting.

Rescue workers launched an investigation, where they discounted that he may have jumped or fallen while climbing. They have concluded he most likely slipped and fell while taking a selfie with his mobile phone.

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Young footballer dies A YOUNG British man who died after falling from a Spanish hotel balcony has been named as a former Manchester United and Manchester City academy footballer.

Michael Jones, 21, from Little Lever, Bolton, is thought to have been on holiday with friends when the tragedy occurred at about 11pm on July 4 at the Apartamentos Vina Del Mar in the Costa Blanca resort of Benidorm. It is believed Michael toppled over railings on the balcony of a hotel room.

Now his parents have flown to Spain to arrange Michael’s repatriation and talk to the investigating authorities.

Michael was signed to Manchester City’s academy at the age of six before moving across town to Manchester United.

From the age of 12 he played for local teams including Bury FC Academy, Walshaw Sports Club, Bolton Town and Ramsbottom United FC. He joined Little Lever Sports Club two years ago.

A memorial football match has been arranged between his Bolton-based club and Walshaw Sports Club, and a GoFund Me page has been set up to help his family with repatriation and funeral expenses.

Speaking on Facebook, Michael’s father, Paul Jones, said: ‘My main priority now is for Joseph, my younger son, he is staying strong, stronger than I ever thought possible, but he hurts beyond words.

‘I ask that his and Mike’s friends help him through this awful time.’

Michael is survived by his parents, Paul and Kath, step-mum Janet, brothers Joseph and Robert and two sisters, Elisabeth and Sarah.

Donations can be made at: www.gofundme.com/ michael-jones-161096- 050718.

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Irish teen named Victim drowned on summer camp

By Matt Ford THE Irish teenager whose body was recovered from a lake in a Spanish natural park has been named as Joshua Osahon.

The 19-year-old was reportedly born in Nigeria but emigrated to Portlaoise, Leinster with his parents, who have flown to Spain to see his body.

Joshua died on a trip to Las Lagunas de Ruidera in Castilla-La Mancha, between Albacete and Ciudad Real.

He vanished during a postdinner swim with classmates at La Salvadora lake - one of the 15 lakes that make up the park - with the group failing to notice he was missing because it was dark when they left the water.

But after several minutes they realised he had failed to collect his clothes, sparking a search, with emergency services alerted when he could

not be found.

Investigators probing the incident said in a statement they believe he died from natural causes after suffering a cramp or cardiac arrest since the lake is a popular, safe bathing spot and the victim is believed to have been a strong swimmer.

His body was found by a team including Guardia Civil and Civil Protection officers, firefighters and country rangers watched by a crowd of onlookers.

The fire brigade tweeted the search had ended ‘with an undesirable ending for everyone.’

A post mortem examination at an Albacete hospital is expected to reveal the cause of death.

Sources confirmed he was participating in the Spanish Ministry of Education’s Interway language programme, during which Spanish students

are taught by Irish volunteers while participating in leisure activities.

The group had been staying at the Retiro de Don Quijote holiday camp in nearby Villanueva de los Infantes.

Francisco Garcia Cano, a councillor Ossa de Montiel, the municipality where the tragedy occurred, confirmed Joshua’s parents had arrived after flying into Madrid.

He said: “It appears the alarm was sounded as the foreign volunteers and Spaniards the Irish lad was with were picking up their belongings and heading back to their coach.

“There were a lot of people in the water and they hadn’t noticed anything was amiss until they realised one of the party was missing.”

The Guardia Civil said in a statement the victim was travelling on an Irish passport.

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LAKE TRAGEDY: The unnamed victim is thought to have drowned while swimming.

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Airport strike threats SPANISH workers’ unions have announced that more than 60,000 baggage-handlers and other airport staff are to strike on unconfirmed dates at the beginning of August. The action is expected to affect all Spanish airports.

It comes in the wake of more than two years of failed talks over salaries, working hours, breaks, overtime and professional growth, the CCOO union said in a statement.

It added that labour mediation agency SIMA has been asked to act as a peacemaker in an effort to avoid the strikes.

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Leader of Peruvian sect remanded

By Dilip Kuner THE leader of a sect who allegedly held an Elche woman captive for a year-and-a-half has been remanded in custody for nine months by a court in Peru.

The judge decreed that Félix Steven Manrique should remain in custody and at the same time gave prosecutors four months to conclude the investigation as well as to prepare and present evidence.

Patricia Aguilar has become a cause célèbre in Spain and abroad after her family undertook a long campaign to secure her freedom from the clutches of the sect called Gnosis.

The 18-year-old had left her Elche home in 2017 and is thought to have been persuaded to travel to Peru to join Gnosis.

Once there, it is alleged she was not permitted to leave.

JUNGLE HIDEOUT: The property where Felix Manrique (inset left) was allegedly holding Patricia Aguilar (inset right).

Her father, however, started a search for her, and his efforts eventually paid off after a year of relentless effort including two visits to the Andean country.

Police found her in a house hidden away in the San Martin de Pangoa jungle, 500 kilometres away from where she had

last been sighted.

There they found her looking after the children of other women, several of whom had also been reported as ‘disappeared.’ She is also a mother herself now, with a child born just two months ago.

The investigation is looking at

the alleged illegal detention of Aguilar and two other women by the sect led by Manrique.

The women are in the care of Peru’s Ministry of Women, where they will get psychological help in order to break this link with the leader of the sect.

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Sex shaman held

By Dilip Kuner A SO-CALLED shaman has been arrested accused of drugging a string of women with methamphetamine (crystal meth) before sexually abusing them.

The 52-year-old man is alleged by police to have gained the confidence of his victims by passing himself off as a South American mystic who could help them through courses related to meditation and spirituality.

In fact, police allege, he was searching for women of a certain profile - usually around 45-years-old - to drug, sexually abuse and extort money from.

The Spanish Ministry of the Interior says the man and two accomplices - a woman

of 43 and man of 40 - set up a network of ‘spiritual’ meetings across Spain using local WhatsApp groups to lure their victims.

At the meetings the women were initially offered meditation and spirituality courses, but were soon being given a drink the accused dubbed ‘Water of Love.’ It was in fact a highly potent cocktail of methamphetamine diluted in water.

The victims were given free access to the meetings to start with, but were soon being charged between €100 and €175 for attending.

Meetings took place against a backdrop of relaxing music or drums, while during the celebrations the shaman offered his victims the Water of Love. He as-

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Suspect ‘drugged and sexually abused’ victims

ARREST: The man was held in Mallorca. sured them it would ‘liberate love,’ although his real intention was to assault them.

What began as liturgical celebrations ended up becoming events where both the leader of the organisation and his accomplices distributed drugs to their victims.

Marihuana, the powerful

hallucinogenic DMT, the San Pedro cactus - also known as peyote - and psychedelic mushrooms were amongst the narcotics handed out.

Police consider that the shaman endangered the lives of his victims as some of them suffered psychological problems, schizophrenic out-

breaks and emotional dependence after the ceremonies.

In some case women suffered breathing problems during the rituals.

So far seven victims have been identified, although police believe the trio operated across all of Spain.

The police operation was carried out by the Judicial Police Brigades of the Provincial Police Station of Alicante and that of the Superior Headquarters of the Balearic Islands, who tracked the trio for months.

The leader of the gang and one accomplice were arrested in Mallorca, while the third arrest was made in Santander.

They have been charged with drug trafficking, fraud and belonging to a criminal group.

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NEWS EXTRA Catholic self-help JUAN ANTONIO REIG PLA, bishop of Alcala, but born in Cocentaina has added a Sexoholics Anonynous section to his official website, offering to assist in combatting ‘lust’ and sex addiction.

Cyclist dies A 57-YEAR-OLD man died in Denia after he fell from his bicycle following a heart attack. The Emergency Services, alerted by witnesses tried to revive him but were able only to confirm his death.

Hot pot FIREMEN called to a blaze in a San Juan apartment found the occupants had gone out, leaving a saucepan on a lighted hob.

The fire was extinguished within an hour without having to evacuate residents.

Called off LA NUCIA’S 90’s Party & Hype festival this Saturday, has been postponed. Apologising for the inconvenience caused, the organisers said they would reimburse all advance tickets and would announce the new date shortly.

Dirty water

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A BENEIXAMA restaurant owner faces a fouryear sentence for emptying irrigation water in his establishment’s drains after this entered the domestic supply, endangering the health of the town’s 1,700 inhabitants.

Thirsty tree FIVE people suffered minor injuries when a heavy branch broke from a large pine in an Elda park. Attributing this to hydric stress, the Local Police cordoned off the park in case more branches fell.

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Bishop takes action TH E O rihue la -A lic a nte Diocesan authorities have fina lly c le a re d a w a y the rubble from what remains of the Coveta Fuma chapel in Campello.

The building’s roof and a side wall collapsed in late June, 10 minutes after Mass had ended. One person suffe re d minor injurie s but since then it has been necessary to demolish the facade for safety reasons and fence off the site.

The chapel is located in Pla z a D on C a rlos in the centre of Coveta Fuma and both Campello Town Hall

and the Diocese speeded up the formalities to provide a minimum of safety for the increased summer population.

The Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro chapel was built in 1965 and all that now remains is part of a side wall and half of another.

The bis hopric ’s Works

Committee announced that, assessed by town hall technicians, the diocese would take action to ensure that the parish could once again have church services.

At present, the diocese is considering open-air Mass in a provisional installation during the summer months, sources said.

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NEWS EXTRA Cool idea for summer SAN VICENTE’S Bellea del Foc fiestas queen and her attendants made a video calling for ‘celebrations based on equality.’

The town hall is distributing 5,000 paper fans giving Emergency and helpline numbers if needed.

Money back SAN JUAN Town Hall wiped €1 million from its debt after the Generalitat gave leave to retain the deposit lost by the Universidad Catolica de Murcia once plans to open another university there fell though.

Don’t dump

NEAR-DISASTER: Coveta Fuma chapel shortly after roof collapsed.

BENISSA Town Hall will impose fines of up to €3,000 for illegally dumping prunings and vegetation, as the accumulation is damaging the town’s image and environment while ignoring the Benissa Impuls collection service.

‘Bad Brits’ concerns THE battle against Brits behaving badly has been taken to the new government in Madrid by Benidorm councillors.

Spurred on by riots in the Rincon de Lloix neighbourhood - known to Spaniards as the ‘zona guiri’ - the deputy spokesman of the local Ciudadanos (Cs) political party, Juan Balastegui, has approached the Congress of Deputies seeking action.

The most recent trouble was linked by police to England’s participation in the World Cup. The town hall has pledged to impose fines on troublemaking tourists - which the Spanish press say are mostly British. But this is not enough for Cs, which wants the

Ministry of Tourism to come up with solutions to the problem.

Balastegui went to Madrid to hand over a document detailing the ‘uncivil behaviour’ many resorts have to put up with. The document also points out that many by-laws are ineffective because of ‘legal impediments’ when local authorities try to impose fines.

The letter asks if the central government plans to back local authorities like Benidorm in their efforts to stop bad behaviour from tourists. Concerns have been raised that new by-laws being drafted by the city will be ineffective if central government support is not received.

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By Matt Ford A BRITISH fugitive, 19, has been held on the Costa del Sol in connection with the fatal stabbing of a young actor in the London district of Islington.

Jack Stevens, from the Euston neighbourhood in the English capital, is one of five young men suspected of the murder, and was traced to an Estepona housing estate after a European Arrest Warrant was issued in his name.

It comes after Nashon Esbrand, 27, was last August stabbed after receiving death threats from Islington gang the Cally Boyz.

According to a police statement, the quartet chased the victim down on pushbikes before one produced a machete and stabbed him three times.

The father-of-one died of his injuries a few hours later.

Two of the suspects, Dillon Zambon, 19, Jhon Berhane,

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Caught on the run Brit teen murder suspect arrested 18, and a 16-year-old who cannot be named for legal reasons were last month sentenced to a combined 54 years after being convicted of the murder.

And Stevens is one of two others investigators said were on the run at the time of the rulings.

Mr Esbrand was reportedly branded a ‘grass’ and asked police for help after he began to receive warnings that his life was in danger.

He told his doctor he was afraid to walk in the street because men had been after him since he gave detectives a witness statement following a violent incident in March 2017.

And on August 24 Stevens

and Zambon spotted him as he walked home after visiting his week-old daughter.

They chased him on their bicycles while calling in ‘reinforcements,’ including Berhane, before cornering him on a doorstep.

He suffered one stab wound to the side and two to the back of his legs as he tried to escape, one of which - delivered by the 16-year-old - punctured an artery in his thigh causing fatal blood loss.

A neighbour recorded the incident on his mobile phone, with the attackers heard to shout: “What are you saying now bruv.”

During the trial, jurors heard

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EUROPEAN MANHUNT: Jack Stevens, left, was traced to Estepona after allegedly participating in the murder of Nashon Esbrand, top right, with Jhon Berhane and Dillon Zambon.

how the victim was on the phone to his father Desmond, who launched a desperate bid

to find him, as the attack took place.

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pact statement he said: “The duty of a parent is to protect their child.

“From the day that I received that call I have felt a sense of guilt because I was the last person he talked to.”

Stevens now faces extradition to the UK after an international manhunt led to him being tracked down.

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BLUE FLAG: Josep Femenia, Manolo Segarra and Dirk Rheindorf.

Faultless record for beach with a fault THE Blue Flag continues to fly on Benitachell’s Moraig beach.

Local mayor Josep Femenia, Beaches councillor Manolo Segarra and Public Safety councillor Dirk Rheindorf hoisted the prized flag Benitachell was first awarded in 2013.

“Our coastline is excellent and we haven’t rested on our laurels. We continue to increase

our safety measures and ensure that Cala de Moraig has excellent services,” Femenia said.

This summer there will be two lifeguards as well as another with a skipper’s ticket for sea rescues and a nurse who is also a qualified lifesaver.

“Costas has gone all out by providing lookouts and signposted paths,” Segarra contin-

ued. “We are enormously grateful for its interest in one of the most geologically-interesting locations in the Valencian Community.”

The safety and accessibility on this stretch of the Marina Alta coast has been improved, as well as improvements to the track that leads to the start of the Moraig Fault.

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Brit survives seven-floor fall

LIFE SAVER: The car broke the victim’s fall.

By Matt Ford A BRITISH holidaymaker has survived after plummeting seven floors from a balcony at a Mallorca hotel and landing on a car bonnet during a row with his partner.

The unnamed victim, believed to be in his early 30’s, suffered multiple injuries and

was taken to Son Espases Hospital in Palma in the wake of the dramatic incident.

He had reportedly been taking drugs and drinking alcohol before arguing with his girlfriend and plunging from their accommodation at the Hotel Porto Playa, Porto Cristo, in the early hours of the morning.

Medics said it is a “miracle”

he survived after a parked BMW broke his fall, probably saving his life.

Police are probing the accident amid claims the hotel had “problems” with the couple 24 hours earlier.

It comes days after a British woman, 41, was seriously hurt after falling from a secondfloor apartment in Ibiza.

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NEWS EXTRA Cliff hanger A FAMILY of five were saved from eviction from their Oliva home by a last-minute court order. The property belongs to a bank, which agreed they could stay another three months while awaiting social housing.

Cash arrives CALLOSA Town Hall will receive a further â‚Ź114,863 from the Diputacion Provincial Council to repair 2016 storm damage agreed between the PP and the PSOE were annulled, bringing the total to â‚Ź273,107.

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Three hurt in accident THREE PEOPLE were hurt after they were run down by a car at a drive-in cinema in

Muchamiel. A Guardia Civil officer, his six-year-daughter and his father were leaning on

A flat no OWNERS of unregulated holiday apartments are in the sights of Alicante City Council.

Councillors are to meet with hoteliers in order to draft new regulations that will aim to target unlicensed holiday accommodation. Hoteliers have long complained that they face unfair competition from private rentals which do not have to jump through the same regulatory hoops that they do, and claim many holiday lets are never declared to the taxman.

An estimated half of all the holiday accommodation in Alicante City comes from the unregulated sector, a figure the council wants to bring down. Strides have already been made at the regional level, with more than 11,000 apartments being brought into the regulatory regime in the past six months. Although this action has been welcomed by hoteliers, they want to see more done at a local level in order to protect their interests.

their car, waiting for the film to start. An off-roader parked 200 metres higher up began to roll down the slope before hitting their car and injuring all three.

The girl suffered extensive bruising but was not badly hurt although her father, who had a back injury and her grandfather, who had multiple injuries and a head wound, were admitted to San Juan hospital.

After hitting the three people, the off-roader collided with another vehicle before coming to reset after running into a concrete wall.

The driver later explained that she put on the handbrake before leaving her vehicle, but the mechanism must have failed.

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Medical attention none too healthy

UNDERSTAFFED: Health centres in Finestrat.

FINESTRAT’S mayor Juan Francisco Perez complained that the town’s two health centres are still understaffed.

Although the high season has begun, there is no substitute for the paediatrician or primary care doctor, Perez said.

He explained two years ago he met Health department officials who requested more doc-

tors for the 5,000 people who use the centre in the Old Town.

Finestrat has another health centre in La Cala which has to attend to the 3,000 residents of the Terra Marina urbanisation as well as residents in the coastal area and high season tourists. In April, after Perez reminded the regional government of the need to cover the

town’s health requirements, the department supplied a paediatrician on weekdays between 8.30 and 11am. For the rest of the day, the same doctor is on call for primary care.

“What was supposed to be a temporary measure has become permanent,” Perez said. He also criticised the ambulance service.

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STREET TALK

Is it opening time for seven-day retail?

Supermarkets in holiday hotspots now often throw open their doors on Sundays for peak tourist season, which would have been unheard of a few years ago. But should shops in Spain open on the Sabbath year-round?

JESS, 22, and Charlie, 26, from close to London but living on the Costa del Sol “Yes! We live here and although it’s only been five months, it’s long enough to get annoyed about Sundays!

But it’s not that common in countries to have them open, is it? It only seems to be England from what we have seen. The supermarkets are a big one too, you reall y

have to plan ahead because none of them are open. Actually Mercadona has recently opened on Sundays, but that’s only for the summer. We live in Los Boliches and there are a good variety of shops there, and the Miramar shopping centre is good too. It’s just nice to have escaped the rat race of London and to have a more relaxed lifestyle!”

Leonardo, 40, on holiday from Frankfurt, Germany “No. You have to have some free time, not have work 24/7. It is important to have one day for yourself.

It’s just not

SHOP ‘TIL THEY DROP: Jess and Charlie.

healthy. God created Sunday as a holiday! The seventh day is the Sabbath after all. It doesn’t matter about business, people can get their things at other times in the week. It’s not a big problem for them.”

Fiona, 28, on holiday from Armagh, Northern Ireland “Yes, because this is a thirsty place and what else is

SLACK SABBATH: Leonardo.

there to do?! We’re staying in the centre of Fuengirola and it’s clear that a lot of shops would benefit from tourists on Sundays.

“It’s also surprising that supermarkets are not open here either. I do love the fresh fish, vegetable and fruits too. The produce seems to be much more local than back home. I love the swordfish, tuna, tomatoes and mangos, etc.”

Leticia, 36, from Brussels, Belgium but living on the Costa del Sol “Yes. I don’t see the problem, the tourists should be able to get what they need. I work on Sundays too!

I work in the fe-

male fashion industry.

“Spanish fashion is a little different from other countries in my experience. The colours are brighter and the design is lighter, for the warmer weather!

“Of course everyone should have one day of rest but I get Wednesdays off. I

UN-BEER-BELIEVABLE: Fiona.

CONVENIENCE SHOPPERS: Darren and Chester. don’t have children but I do understand about families wanting the day free.

“But it would be very good for the local economy if they changed the law on this.”

Darren and Chester, both 18, on holiday from Bristol, UK “Yes. It would be more convenient for all the tourists who come here. It also gets people out of hotels and out and about. The economy would definitely benefit if they opened for the whole weekend. It’s cheaper here though, so we get a lot more for our money here.”

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DRAMATIC SCENE: Calle San Juan.

Hero catches toddler TRAGEDY was averted when a passer-by managed to catch a three-year-old boy who had plunged off the balcony of a second floor apartment.

A man walking along Calle San Juan in Puerto Mazarron, Murcia, was alerted to the youngster’s plight by the screams of witnesses. The quick thinking hero managed to position himself and catch the boy in mid air. It is thought the youngster hit a first-floor balcony railing, helping to break his fall.

The boy’s parents were blissfully unaware of the drama as they sat inside their apartment, not

realising their son had made his way onto the balcony and was in mortal danger.

The heroic passer-by, who has not been named, immediately phoned the emergency services.

When Guardia Civil arrived they found ‘the child was fine,’ according to a police spokesman. The boy was still taken to hospital as a precaution.

Now Guardia Civil have opened an investigation, although they do not anticipate making any charges, said the spokesman. He explained: “There is no responsibility on the part of the parents, as it is an oversight. It would be different if they were not at home at the time it happened.”

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Calpe

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Take your pick PROPERTY experts warned that Calpe was one of the Marina Alta towns where rent prices have plummeted because supply outstrips demand. They attributed this to the excessive number of properties acquired by Spanish and foreign purchasers as ‘buy-to-let’ investments during the economic crisis, which are now flooding the market.

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Ex-president retains honours OPPOSITION councillors in Calpe want six commemorative plaques naming Eduardo Zaplana to be removed.

The local government is so far resisting calls to expunge the memory of the man who was president of the Valencian Community from 1995 until 2002 and Jose Maria Aznar’s Minister of Labour until 2004.

He was also the national government’s spokesman between 2003 and 2004.

Zaplana was arrested and remanded last May, accused of salting away €10.5 million in commissions on government contracts during his time as Generalitat president.

Calpe councillors belonging to the PSOE, Compromis and Si se Puede Calpe parties requested that the plaques

honouring the ‘Most Honourable’ ex-president should be taken down.

The Partido Popular and Gent de Calp coalition that controls the town hall has refused.

Zaplana, who is being treated for leukaemia while in prison, has not yet been tried or sentenced, the local government argued. A plenary council meeting vote has not prospered, as eight councillors voted to eliminate the plaques but 10 voted to retain them.

“Spain’s Transparency Law passed in 2015 states that plaques, awards and other honours that mention public figures involved as defendants in court cases should be removed only once they have been found guilty,” a town hall spokesman said.

CULTURAL TOURISM: Wide range of events this summer.

Culture is for summer too CALPE Town Hall recently announced plans for a tourist model based on the town’s culture, identity and healthy lifestyle.

In order to accomplish this, various town departments are coordinating efforts to offer residents and visitors a wide range of events.

The culture department has allocated €70,000 to put together a programme that combines the Union Musical Calp Ifach, the Rondalla and the Xirimiters del Carellot pipe band, with performances by the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, the Valencian Community Orchestra and the Alicante Province Youth Orchestra.

There will be free film shows at the Fossa beach on Tuesdays and at the Arenal beach on Thursdays, which will be supplemented by open-air films at the Casa de Cultura’s Teatro Odeon.

Art al Carrer comes to the Old Town with an open-air exhibition and installations by members of local associations on the theme of gender equality.

And so that residents have can also show their artistic side, the Citizens’ Participation department announced the seventh edition of the Balcony and Facade competition, again in the Old Town, with €500 prizes for the principal categories.

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Trolling prize

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It’s in the bag ALFAZ’S Health, Environment and Commerce departments have joined forces to reduce the number of plastic bags used in the town.

The three departments’ respective councillors - Marisa Cortes, Rocio Guijarro and Dolores Alberto - recently visited Alfaz’s open air market where they distributed free, reusable bags which the town hall hopes will assist in banishing the now-traditional bags.

Plastic has become one of the planet’s principal health and environmental problems, the councillors said recently.

Millions of tons of plastic end up in the seas and oceans of the

world each day, killing an incalculable number of creatures, many of them threatened with extinction.

They are also entering the food chain, with all the health risks that this entails, the women explained as they distributed the reusable bags.

“This is another of the activities that our departments are carrying out this year to position the town as a Sustainable Territory,” the councillors said.

“Some 2,000 bags will be given out during the present campaign which aims to cut to a minimum the amount of polluting rubbish that is generated in Alfaz,” they added.

More funds for Villa Romana

VILLA ROMANA: Alfaz’s mayor talks to reporters.

A €113,000 GRANT from the EU’s Regional Development Fund (FEDER) will enable Alfaz to continue excavating the Villa Romana.

Thanks to the FEDER grant, which is channelled through the Generalitat for the conservation and recovery of cultural assets, archaeologists can start excavating the pars urbana which would have been the residential area of the complex.

Now an open-air museum that adjoins the Albir beach, this was an extensive and affluent property inhabited between the

second and fifth century AD. The project will cost a total of €250,000 and the remainder will be met from Alfaz Town Hall’s own budget.

“We started by turning the villa’s baths into an open-air museum in 2011,” explained Carolina Frias, Alfaz’s municipal archaeologist.

“In 2015 we extended the visitable area to include one of the villa’s principal buildings and with this latest operation we hope to add the residential zone where the owner would have lived,” Frias said.

AN Alfaz fishing boat, Crisal - skippered by Salvador Perez and crewed by three other professional fishermen came third in the 15th Currican Fishing Competition which was organised by Moraira’s Club Nautico. One of the baited lines their boat drew through the water in the trolling contest also produced the second-largest fish, weighing 14.6 kilos.

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Be prepared

Solution in sight for N-332 problem All over until 2019 EVER since the 2015 elections, Altea’s local government, headed by Jaume Llinares, has planned for a toll-free AP-7 motorway.

Like Benissa and Gata, the town does not have a bypass

and the N-332 main road one of the busiest in Spain and with a high accident rate creates constant traffic problems as it crosses the town, with massive holdups during peak periods.

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councillor Imma Orozco recently announced the corporation’s satisfaction that its suggestions for improving access to the AP-7 have been passed on to the Ministry of Public Works in Madrid.

“There has to be consensus between the three administrations involved as we look ahead to 2020 when the AP-7 tolls disappear,” Orozco explained.

“Plans have to be made now,” she declared.

“Altea figures in the Ministry of Public Works documents thanks to the huge effort we have made over the last two years to outline a southern exit that is useful

and viable,” the councillor said.

“We have achieved this with an alternative that would also be useful to neighbouring municipalities and at the same time it supports our argument that there is no need to build a ring road parallel to the motorway.

“Now that the new government in Madrid had announced that it would not extend the AP-7 concession, Altea will be able to tackle projects like remodelling the seafront in better conditions than the town hall had originally foreseen,” Orozco added.

AUSTRALIA won the Alfaz Film Festival’s first prize of the Faro de Plata trophy and €5,000.

The short film was directed

by Lino Escalera and its female lead Nathalie Poza took the Best Actress award.

Matria won second prize and received the most public votes while its director Alvaro Gago won the Best Director award. Gemma Blasco’s Juaria came third.

For the first time this year’s Film Festival included a category for the best short film directed by a woman, which was won Belen Funes with La Inutil. There was also a Valenciano category that went to Adan Aliaga.

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ALFAZ Town Hall renewed its agreement with the fourth Scout Group Alfaz del Pi and donated €1,500 to the local troop which regularly participates in local events. The Alfaz Scouts, which were formed in 2013, include girls as well as boys, and currently has 50 members aged between five and 21 years old.

CLOSING CEREMONY: Film Festival prizewinners.

The organisers received 993 entries this year, with 19 competing in the official selection.

More than 200 people attended the closing ceremony of the 30th edition of Alfaz’s Film Festival, which was held at the Cine Roma.

The gala was presented by the actress Elisa Matilla and presided over by Alfaz’s mayor Vicente Arques.

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Fiestas continue MORAIRA’S population, including thousands of tourists, turned out in force and lined the streets for the solemn procession in honour of the town’s patroness, the Virgen de los Desamparados. Always one of the high points of the annual fiestas, the procession was followed by a fireworks display and a laser spectacle.

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PROTECCION CIVIL’S Teulada-Moraira branch have been on firewatch throughout July.

The volunteers are refreshing and controlling green spaces and wooded areas to prevent any incident during the worst time of the year for forest fires.

They make the rounds of the town’s streets and tracks as well as the zones that are most vulnerable to fire, but as well as keeping a close watch, they also hose down these areas using a water cistern trailer.

All Proteccion Civil members are volunteers and are carrying out the firewatch

Two wins under OJPA’s belt CARLOS LINARES, president of the Teulada-Moraira Auditorium Foundation, recently received the Alicante Province Youth Orchestra (OJPA).

Linares, who is also the local mayor, congratulated the young musicians who took first prize in the Summa Cum Laude international festival held in Vienna.

Both the Auditorium Foundation and Teulada-Moraira Town Hall support the OJPA and one of the coaches which the young people used on their international tour showed an image of the town on one side and the Auditorium on the other.

“The entire province is proud that the OJPA has won the first prize two years running,” said Linares, who added that the town was looking forward to welcoming the orchestra to Teulada-Moraira for the International Youth Orchestra Festival (FIJO) later this summer.

Photo credit: Teulada-Moraira town hall

Keeping the flames at bay

ON THE WATCH: Linares and Benatsou with the volunteers. with the help of municipallyowned services company, Teumo Serveis Publics.

Local mayor Carlos Linares and Proteccion Civil’s coun-

cillor-delegate Nacim Benatsou stressed the importance of the volunteers’ work.

They also urged members of the local population who

would like to help with these tasks and others that benefit the municipality to volunteer and collaborate with the group.

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Some TLC for the town’s heritage RESTORING the 16th century Cap d’Or tower and making the Cova de les Cendres visitable are Teulada-Moraira priorities.

The path to the tower, the ruined aljibe water deposit and the Iberian settlement are included in the €1 million project which has received a €500,000 EU grant. The remainder must be provided by the town hall.

Talking to the Press on a visit to the Cova de les Cendres, Teulada-Moraira mayor Carlos Linares, who was accompanied

by Finance councillor Raul Dalmau, explained that FEDER fund conditions require the project to be finished by 2019.

The €80,000 contract to draft plans for the five opera-

LANDMARK: Cap d’Or tower and the aljibe below it. tions will be put out to tender this year, Linares confirmed.

Assuring credit for the town hall’s half of the project is one of the first formalities to be met and completed the municipal departments involved will prepare the bid specifications for each operation, Linares said.

Cova de les Cendres and the Cap d’Or tower are the principal operations and Linares explained that the tower will have to be dismantled and rebuilt, block by block.

It was not in bad condition, he added, but has several cracks which could prove dangerous in future.

The path leading to the Cova de les Cendres - its name refers to the ash-like earth at the entrance - will be improved so that the cave can be visited.

Archaeologists have documented different strata there and suspect that further excavations will reveal the cave as one of the most important on the Mediterranean coast, Linares said.

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FOUR of the five chiringuito beach bars on Javea’s Montañar promenade are now operating and although concessionaries pay up to €85,000 a year to run them, they are limited to a 50-square metre installation and a 20-square metre terrace. Failure to comply could result in a fine or even the loss of the concession.

JAVEA Town Hall’s Services department has come up with a new formula for parking at the port and Old Town.

This envisages an hour’s free parking at the Norte and Sur roundabouts, the Municipal Market in the Old town and Avenida Jaume I and Avenida Adolfo Suarez in the Port area.

Once the hour is up it will be time to move on or risk a fine from the Local Police. To help users, the town hall will distribute alarms so that drivers will know when their allotted parking time has expired.

Her department is still putting the finishing touches to the scheme, Services councillor

Photo credit: CTHOE

Happy hour for drivers

FREE PARKING: New scheme in the pipeline for the Port and Old Town.

Kika Mata told the local Spanish media.

The town hall hopes in this way to attract more people to

both areas, as this is also a response to business-owners’ complaints of dwindling numbers visiting the Old Town.

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Catch of the day NEWS

THE Javea boat Cap Prim, one of the local fishing fleet, recently found a bluntnose-six-gill shark (hexanchus griseus) in its nets. A female that was over four metres long, it was returned unharmed to the sea as shown in Vicente Catalan’s video and later shared by the Javea’s Oceanographic Investigation Institute (IROX).

Amjasa water flows free JAVEA’S municipal water company Amjasa announced it is waiving the Sor Maria de Betania day centre’s bills.

In return, the centre will allocate places for those on low incomes, announced Jose Chulvi

who is president of Amjasa as well as Javea’s mayor.

The Superior of the order of nuns that runs the centre recently signed the Amjasa agreement in the presence of Javea’s Social Services coun-

cillor Pepa Gisbert.

The Centre, which already receives collaboration and support from Javea Town Hall, offers care and medical attention, workshops and cognitive therapy for the elderly each day from 8am until 8pm. This provides

respite for their families without having to separate them from their homes and relatives.

As well as waiving the centre’s water bills, Amjasa also assists local clubs and associations and helps those affected by energy poverty.

Photo credit: Javea town hall

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FEATURE

Obtaining residence visas or permits for foreign investors in Spain QUESTION: Dear lawyer, I would like to know how I can obtain residence in Spain as an investor and to learn what the requirements are to allow this. My idea is to invest in real estate properties in Spain.

Thank you very much.

Dear reader, Thank you for your inquiry.

Indeed, it is possible to obtain a residence visa and even a residence permit for investors in Spain.

The permission is regulated by the Law 14/2013 of support for entrepreneurs and their internationalisation, which provides the possibility of obtaining a residence visa in Spain by foreign investors who make a significant investment.

What type of investment is needed to apply for residence?

In principle, Article 63 of this law provides that the value of in-

Carlos Baos We can help you. vestments, which may give the right to apply for a residence visa or permit to investors, are: a) An initial investment of €2,000,000 or more in Spanish public debt securities, or for a value of €1,000,000 or more in shares of Spanish companies or bank deposits in financial Spanish entities. b) The acquisition of real estate properties in Spain for an investment equal, or in excess of, €500,000 for each applicant. c) A business project that will be developed in Spain and that is considered of general interest, for which the following will be taken into account: creation of jobs; investment; scientific and/or technological innovation.

Who can apply for a residence visa for investors?

They can be individuals, who invest personally or through legal entities, or companies as far as they are not domiciled in a tax haven, provided they have the majority of the voting rights.

Residence Visa for real estate investments: The investor must prove the acquisition of a property or properties with proof from the corresponding Spanish Land Registry.

In addition, the investor must prove that the investment in real estate is at least of €500,000 and is free of all types of charges or encumbrance (ie without mortgages), although for an investment above €500,000 there could be charges on the property.

There are also other requirements such as lack of a criminal record, health insurance, etc.

Residence visa period: The residence visa for investors will be at least one-year (also for the spouse and children under 18).

Authorisation or permit for residence for investors: Those investors who wish to be residents in Spain for a period longer than one-year (foreseen for the residence visa) may request the residence authorisation or permit for investors, which will be at least two years renewable at the request of the investor, subject to compliance with several requirements, which we will develop in a next article.

So, if you wish to reside in Spain and Europe, and want to apply for a residence visa or permit for investors, contact us and we will help you.

The information provided in this article is not intended to be legal advice, but merely conveys general information related to legal issues.

Carlos Baos (Lawyer) - White & Baos - Tel: +34 966 426 185 - Email: info@white-baos.com - White & Baos 2018 - All Rights Reserved.

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New look for Lonja

ALCOY City Hall has had to repair Fernando Reig, San Jorge and Viaduct bridges since 2016 and it is now the turn of the San Jaime bridge which should be completed this summer.

Land grab DENIA Town Hall could start proceedings against a local hotel for flattening orange groves to make way for a sports ground, as the land below Montgo is regarded as an ecological connector with the national park.

Prop gift THE Comes family donated the Centre Artistic Musical and bar to the population of Pedreguer. One of the town’s most emblematic buildings, this is the third property that the family has donated to the town.

DENIA VISIT: Ximo Puig boards La Panseta for a tour of the port.

THE Lonja, or the Exchange where Denia fishing boats once auctioned their catch, is getting a facelift.

The project began a year ago and once work has finished in October the building will become Denia’s Maritime Museum combined with a multifunction area.

Ximo Puig, president of the Generalitat who visited the Lonja - all that remains of the original fishing port - during his re-

cent visit to Denia, described the restoration as ‘magnificent.’

He stressed that the regional government hoped to involve town halls in the use and management of all the ports that it controls.

This was especially true of Denia, which was one of the most important, Puig said.

It was essential that local operators, municipalities and all those involved in port activities should have a greater input in

decision making, the president added.

Denia mayor Vicent Grimalt, stressed that municipal participation in issues concerning the port would benefit all concerned.

This had been ‘rather difficult’ until now, he said, but would become much easier with the Generalitat’s support.

That the town was part of the port was evident in the plans to recover the fish exchange for public use, Grimalt pointed out.

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Cunning plan not clever enough THE owner of a Lamborghini Murcielago received a 12-month prison sentence for making a false insurance claim.

He crashed the uninsured car - which was registered in his company’s name - in Toledo, and took out fully comprehensive insurance cover seven days later.

He showed the insurers a Lamborghini identical to the ruined car, maintaining that it was in perfect condition and had never been involved in an accident.

Several months later he lodged a formal complaint with the National Police in Denia, declaring that the car had been stolen and putting in an insurance claim.

The suspicious company refused to pay out, so he produced a forged Guardia Civil report stating that there was ‘absolute proof’ the Lamborghini had been taken in Denia.

The company, suspecting that the report was not genui ne, st i l l r ef used t o pay t he €250,000 claim, plus interest, to compensate for the delay.

The case recently reached the Alicante High Court, resulting in a 12-month prison sent ence and a €2,700 f i ne f or t he Lam borghini owner who has been given leave to appeal.

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Carp-R-Us Studio32’s Chicago raises record funds THE penultimate round of the Carp-R-Us Summer Series was fished on the Embalse de Pedrera.

This wa s a c h a n g e to th e scheduled venue due to the now extremely low water levels on the Eden stretch of the Segura.

Equal-first were Dave Sutton and Mark Foden with 3.44kg.

M ark h a d c a r p c a u g h t o n th e metho d f e e d e r, Da v e a la rg e number of bleak caught on the waggler.

Third was Steve Collins with 3.10k g , wh o h o o k e d a s in g le large barbel caught on meat with about 10 minutes to go. Fourth was Geoff Tempest with 2.30kg.

Ma n y t h a n k s t o t h o s e w h o turned up to clear the pegs on the Eden. It is a shame the venue is cu r r e n t l y u n f i sh ab le fo r match e s a n d t h e c l u b is v e ry concerned about the sinking water levels and the effect this may have on the fish population.

Further information about the club can be found on its website www.carp-r-us.weebly.com or Facebook page Carp-R-Us Fish ing Costa Blanca.

STUDIO32 is delighted to announce that the recent production of Chicago raised €4,500 for local charities.

The money was donated to San Fulgencio Alzheimer’s Association, Caritas, and the local school.

Philip explains the group’s history: “Studio32 was set up five years ago to bring high quality, full-scale musical theatre to the Costa Blanca, and through doing so enables us to support local charities.

“Everyone in the company worked extremely hard to make this show our greatest success ever - I’m very proud of them all. In just under five years we’ve raised almost €30,000 for local charities, an incredible achievement, and we will continue to support AFA San Fulgencio and local

ALL SMILES: Studio32’s chairman Philip Wilson at San Fulgencio Town Hall with Susana Ortuño, Paulino Herrero, Rosa Maria Mira and Ramon Velda Diez, representing several of the charities who benefitted. good causes in the future.”

The group’s winter show will be

an updated musical based on the Wizard of Oz. The Wiz features all

of the well-known characters but with some Motown, blues and soul music.

The show will be performed from Wednesday November 28 to Saturday December 1 at the Cardenal Belluga Theatre in San Fulgencio.

Ticket bookings are already being taken, so book early to avoid disappointment. Studio32 shows are very popular and ticket sales are already high.

If you fancy getting involved the company is always keen to recruit more members, and not just on stage performing, since wardrobe team members are currently being sought.

So why not get in touch to find out more? Full details are available on the website www.studiothirtytwo.org.

Armed Forces Day commemorated THE Gran Alacant and La Marina branch of the Royal British Legion in Spain commemorated Armed Forces Day in what has become an annual event.

The group continued its custom of holding a traditional fish and chip supper, tucking-in on the outside terrace which was decorated with bunting

and banners.

After the meal, three bottles of port were passed to the left in the usual manner and the toasts included King Felipe VI of Spain, Queen Elizabeth II and the armed forces past and present. A fantastic time was had by all.

The Gran Alacant and La Marina branch meets

at 6pm on the first Monday of each month at Lounge D in Plaza Mayor, Gran Alacant. The group is very welcoming to prospective new members, and remember that you do NOT have to be ex-services in order to join.

For more details please contact: granalacant.sec retary@rbl.community.

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Akira dog of the week THIS is Blacky, a six-monthold Pointer puppy who is looking for a home.

Although he is a young dog, Blacky has lived in a home for two months and was very well behaved and clean. Unfortunately his owners had a change of heart about having a dog long-term and brought him to Akira. His first week at the shelter was not easy for him since he was used to people but not other dogs!

However, this intelligent boy soon adapted and made lots of friends. He loves people and would so like his own family to

‘LOVES PEOPLE’: Blacky. take him for walks and give him cuddles. For more information

please phone Akira shelter on 657 689 567.

Anglo Spanish Association THE final get-together for the summer took place in the shaded garden of a local restaurant.

The idea of a lunch originated many years ago, when a large number of Anglo Spanish members had left for the summer and those who remained in Javea decided to meet up for a meal.

The next meeting is September 17, 6 for 6.30pm at the Parador Javea, when the group will have a presentation on the fascinating life of the Flamenco dancer, Carmen Amaya.

Carmen travelled the world, became famous in America, made films in Hollywood and danced for Roosevelt and Churchill. Interest-

ed parties are welcome to join.

The association also has a trip to Almeria, Guadix and Granada planned from October 1-6.

If you would like more information on the Anglo Spanish Association, please contact the secretary by emailing elizmarr8@gmail.com.

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THE BED SPECIALISTS

IN THE PINK: The Vu Salon team and friends celebrating at the end of the event.

Fund-tastic effort A PINK LADY Fundraising Day at Vu Salon in Javea raised the staggering sum of €1,111 for the important work of the charity APROP (Pego Animal Refuge).

Much of the money came from the purchase of Pink Lady raffle tickets by customers and friends of the salon.

First prize in the raffle was a pink smartphone donated by Telitec Connections SL. Other prizes were generously supplied

by Paul Mitchell Pet Products, The Nail Station Javea, Casa del

Vino, Heaven Boutique, Bakerella and Treats of Javea.

Kelly, owner of Vu Salon, was delighted with the end result, having only a few weeks ago set herself the challenge of raising €1,000 for APROP by Christmas.

She has smashed her own target in less than seven weeks and together with an initial donation made in May the total amount is already €1,361.

During the afternoon, Kelly and her team - dressed in appropriate pink outfits - pink cava,

pink cup cakes and other refreshments to clients and guests, with the outside terrace of the salon having been dressed with pink flamingos courtesy of Treats of Javea.

Both Vu Salon and APROP would like to say a massive ‘thank you’ to those who turned out to support the event as well as everyone who purchased raffle tickets.

For details of the 12 raffle prize winners, please contact Kelly at Vu Salon on 965 796 988.

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Scout’s honour

By Susan Shaw DO you remember being a Scout or a Guide, or going further back a Cub or a Brownie?

Or perhaps you were a leader with Scouts or Guides?

There has been British Scouting abroad since 1908 in Gibraltar, 1909 in Paris and Oporto and 1910 in other parts of Europe. Today, there are over 57 Scout groups in 26 countries worldwide.

The association was formed to provide Scouting for the children of British servicemen serving abroad, civil servants, oil workers, etc, so that their children on return to the UK could slip seamlessly back into Scouting.

For that reason, the British system is employed, with local adaptations.

In addition, there often existed language, religious and cultural difficulties which prevented British children from j o i n i n g l o c a l S c o u t i n g . Ti m e s h a v e moved on but there is still a demand, and British Scouting has become an established part of the expatriate community worldwide.

I am looking to start a Scout group on the Costa Blanca. You do not need any experience of Scouting as full training will be given, but you must want to work as a volunteer, supporting young people to gain life skills while also having fun.

I have recently arrived here from the UK and am part of British Scouting Overseas. In order to start a new Scout group, I need a minimum of two leaders in each section, so I am appealing for adults to help me start this off.

You will need to fill in an application form and go through a vetting process to ensure that you are suitable to work with children.

At this stage I am looking for adults only because, until we have qualified leaders, we cannot work with the young people. In addition, if you are not keen on working with the Scouts themselves, I need an executive committee to help resource the group, including a chairp e r s o n , s e c r e t a r y, t r e a s u r e r a n d fundraiser as a minimum.

If you want to help contact Susan.shaw2211@gmail.com or call +34 622 933 044.

BY GEORGE: (From left to right) Arancha, Tomas, Bob Hunt MBE, Juan and Revd Canon Raymond Hodson.

Sterling effort THE president of the Royal Society of St George, Wing Commander Bob Hunt MBE, and the vice president, the Revd Canon Raymond Hodson, have presented a cheque for €330 to the Associacion Amigos Europeos de Javea.

The money was raised from the raffle at the Queen’s birthday lunch held at Restaurant La Masena on June 9, Her

Majesty’s official birthday.

The donation was gratefully received and used to buy two portable ventilators.

The head of the Javea branch, Tomas Quiñonero, explained how costly it is to keep the ambulances and equipment up to date in order to comply with the stringent European safety standards.

Arancha and Signes have

completed their two-year further education technical course plus 350 hours of practical work experience, and are now qualified to deal with all eventualities. It is a worthy cause for our sponsorship.

If you would like to join the Royal Society of St George, email: info@stge orgecostablanca.org.

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PITCH INVASION: Pussy Riot (inset) said the protest was against police tactics.

Band storms pitch in police protest MEMBERS of a punk rock band were taken into custody after invading the pitch at the World Cup final between France and Croatia in Moscow.

The four activists, from the Pussy Riot group, stormed the field dressed as police officers in protest against what they claimed were heavyhanded tactics from authorities including imprisoning opposition figures.

Business figure dies A BUSINESSMAN tried alongside a political opposition leader in a 2013 embezzlement case has died after being concussed. Pyotr Ofitserov, who was injured in the head, stood trial alongside Alexei Navalny when the two were handed suspended prison sentences. Navalny said Ofitserov was a ‘real honest man.’

Downed plane claim FOREIGN MINISTERS from G7 countries have issued a joint statement calling on Russia to ‘account for its role’ in the downing of a plane

Bad beehive-our POLICE in southern Russia were unable to reach the scene of a road accident after swarms of bees attacked them from knocked over hives. Officers were called out to the crash in the Krasnodar region after a lorry carrying the hives hit an off-road vehicle, with no human casualties said to have occurred as a result. Social media buzzed with jokes about the incident including Winnie the Pooh references.

BUZZING: The bees stopped police from getting to the scene.

over Ukraine in 2014. The officials claimed there was ‘compelling’ evidence Russia had a hand in the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash. Moscow called the claims ‘unfounded.’

Spy death vote ‘link’ BRITISH investigators probing the alleged poisoning of a former spy and his daughter claimed a Russian military agency was behind that and disrupting the 2016 United States presidential election. Anonymous officials claimed agents from the GRU were involved in both the March 4 attack on Sergei and Yulia Skripal and vote meddling.

EU conflict call A SENIOR European Union official has called on Russia, Europe, the United States and China to work together to prevent ‘conflict and chaos.’

Donald Tusk, the European Council President, said the countries had a shared responsibility to make the world better and to stop trade wars turning into ‘hot conflicts.’

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STAT OF WEEK PM vows to up defence spend SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has pledged to raise defence spending to 2 per cent of gross domestic product by the year 2024.

The move will see the count r y ’s o u t l a y b r o u g h t i n t o l i n e with its NATO-agreed goal, the leader said during a press conference at a Brussels summit.

It comes after US President Donald Trump’s latest call for N ATO m e m b e r s t a t e s t o m e e t their targets, with only the United States, Britain, Poland, Greece and Estonia currently hitting the mark.

€93 billion

19 - 25 July 2018 The amount of social security money the new socialist Spanish government claims was ‘squandered’ by the previous conservative administration headed by ex-Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.

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business & legal

Storms boost green energy

Ryanair staff confirm strikes BUDGET airline Ryanair is facing more disruption after staff announced a new round of industrial action.

It comes after a trade union announced that Ireland-based pilots will strike for 24 hours tomorrow (Friday) and next Tuesday.

Cabin crew are also set to strike for 48 hours in Spain, Portugal and Belgium and 24 hours in Italy next Wednesday.

The news follows a one-day strike by pilots in protest at their pay and conditions last week after the carrier bowed to pressure from staff to

by Matt Ford recognise unions.

It was forced to cancel 30 flights between Ireland and the UK as a result.

Complaints include a seniority row, plus allocation of base transfers, the structure of promotions and annual leave.

Ryanair apologised in a statement for the ‘regrettable disruptions’ and pledged to minimise impact on holidaymakers flying to Spain, Portugal, France, Italy and Greece.

But the Irish Pilot’s Association announced the two additional days of ac-

tion in the midst of the strike.

It added that while some agreement had been reached in talks a day earlier, there remained a difference of opinion over the terms of reference for a working group to study the pilots’ concerns.

Ryanair’s chief people officer Eddie Wilson described the meeting as constructive but very frustrating, according to Irish media, adding that the company was available for further discussion.

Last autumn the carrier cancelled hundreds of flights after a rostering blunder saw it left with a lack of crew.

ALMOST half of Spain’s electricity was generated from ren e w a b l e e n e rg y s o u r c e s o v e r the first six months of 2018.

Wind, hydro and solar power together accounted for 45.8 per cent of the country’s demand, according to a report by national grid operator Red Electric de España.

It comes after hydropower soared by 74 per cent compared to 2017 in the wake of a wet spring, with the storms also driving a 10.4 per cent surge in wind power, the summary said.

UK imports salad as heatwave hits crops

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Market leaders BANKING group Santander and textile firm Inditex are the only two Spanish brands in the 2018 PricewaterhouseCoopers global top 100 of companies with the highest market capitalisation, which is headed by Apple, Google parent Alphabet and Microsoft.

Cashed in TIP OF THE ICEBERG: A lettuce field in Almeria.

THE UK is flying in lettuce from Spain and Poland after warm weather hit crops and increased the demand for salad.

Tony Clemence, general manager of wholesaler Total Produce in Bristol, said the company is importing around 40 per cent of its iceberg lettuce and 40 per cent of celery from the two countries, when all supplies are normally sourced from British growers

during the summer.

“Spain is mainly growing for its local markets at this time of year, so there is not enough to go around and some will have to look further afield,” he said.

Wholesale prices have reportedly soared by more than 30 per cent after the recent blast of heat added to problems in March when the ‘beast from the east’ wave of cold weather delayed planting.

THE Spanish government has revised its 2018 budget deficit forecast from 2.2 to 2.7 per cent of gross domestic product in order to boost pensions, improve health care and take over toll-motorway concessions, Budget Minister Maria Jesus Montero has announced.

High spies SPANISH utility Iberdrola is using manhole cover-sized drones to spot faulty solar panels and wind turbines more quickly than telescope-wielding engineers on the ground and bringing down the cost of green electricity, according to innovation and sustainability officer Agustin Delgado.

Bank bags top Euro award BUSINESS and finance magazine Euromoney has named Spain’s Santander as the best bank in Western Europe in its prestigious annual awards.

Editor Clive Horwood said: “[Santander] is already one of the few big banks to prove that internationally diversified retail banks can be more profitable, and more stable, than domestic-

focused peers. Now it is in its rightful place, not just Spain’s biggest bank, but also the one with the biggest domestic share, too.”

Santander Group CEO Jose Antonio Alvarez said, “Our goal is to help the people and businesses we serve to prosper, and I am proud of the work our people do every day to support that goal and earn the loyalty of our customers.”

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% CHG. NET VOL -0.49 23,313.57 -0.37 19,649.35 -1.51 5,564.91 0.47 11,441.35 0.17 9,340.01 0.18 19,374.16 0.29 68,830.51 0.43 21,331.20 0.08 32,423.54 -0.37 90,074.35 0.62 5,164.89 0.11 4,854.73 0.06 6,438.90 -0.36 34,997.03 0.26 7,734.80 -0.20 114,209.28 0.24 8,565.87 0.13 22,190.34 0.18 10,083.35 0.05 7,755.89 0.59 9,053.01 0.09 26,115.46 0.15 6,472.89 -0.19 22,482.58 1.61 6,163.21 0.42 68,530.84 0.25 4,617.25 -0.21 7,326.39 0.50 17,620.50 0.17 6,432.79 0.06 14,251.76 -0.27 8,161.10 -0.74 45,800.67 -0.05 78,197.27 -0.18 6,394.22 -2.63 9,789.94 0.62 5,178.31 0.03 141,823.56 0.63 13,487.78 0.17 9,186.48 -0.01 8,810.70 0.24 27,682.22 0.15 10,750.74 0.85 9,205.86 0.26 7,068.62 1.09 5,762.80 0.65 6,928.50 0.08 6,581.35 0.23 7,020.14 -0.17 15,829.42

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Lloyds Banking Group ORD 62.69 London Stock Exchange Grp 4,519.50 Micro Focus International 1,227.00 Marks & Spencer Group 315.45 Mondi 2,029.00 Melrose 220.75 Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets 256.90 National Grid 856.20 NMC Health 3,698.00 Next 6,105.00 Ocado Group 1,038.50 Paddy Power Betfair 8,455.00 Prudential 1,722.50 Persimmon 2,488.00 Pearson 914.70 Reckitt Benckiser Group 6,488.00 Royal Bank of Scotland Grp 246.50 Royal Dutch Shell 2,649.25 Royal Dutch Shell 2,733.50 RELX 1,709.75 Rio Tinto 4,023.75 Royal Mail 488.00 Rightmove 5,148.00 Rolls-Royce Group 995.50 Randgold Resources 5,468.00 RSA Insurance Group 646.30 Rentokil Initial 352.35 Sainsbury (J) 329.85 Schroders 3,154.50 Sage Group (The) 622.10 Segro 676.70 Shire 4,363.50 Smurfit Kappa Group 3,137.00 Sky 1,541.50 Standard Life Aberdeen 310.20 Smith (DS) 483.30 Smiths Group 1,748.00 Scottish Mortgage Invstmnt Trst 550.00 Smith & Nephew 1,349.00 SSE 1,388.25 Standard Chartered 671.40 St James's Place 1,176.75 Severn Trent 1,940.50 Tesco 256.30 TUI AG 1,643.25 Taylor Wimpey 176.03 Unilever 4,200.00 United Utilities Group 734.80 Vodafone Group 181.63 WPP Group 1,242.00 Whitbread 4,013.50

CHANGE(P) 0.28 -0.50 -51.50 0.95 0.00 1.15 0.60 -0.40 8.00 -1.00 9.00 20.00 -3.50 6.00 5.90 23.00 0.80 3.75 2.50 7.25 -15.75 0.90 42.00 4.70 -12.00 -0.30 2.55 0.45 -6.50 2.70 2.70 23.50 -9.00 6.50 -2.40 -6.60 13.00 -0.27 4.00 1.25 0.40 -1.75 -0.50 0.90 1.75 0.03 2.00 0.80 0.13 -3.00 13.50

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0.45 -0.01 -4.03 0.30 0.00 0.52 0.23 -0.05 0.22 -0.02 0.87 0.24 -0.20 0.24 0.65 0.36 0.33 0.14 0.09 0.43 -0.39 0.18 0.82 0.47 -0.22 -0.05 0.73 0.14 -0.21 0.44 0.40 0.54 -0.29 0.42 -0.77 -1.35 0.75 -0.05 0.30 0.09 0.06 -0.15 -0.03 0.35 0.11 0.02 0.05 0.11 0.07 -0.24 0.34

44,850.06 15,711.60 5,330.01 5,088.83 7,477.02 10,366.32 6,031.37 28,915.63 7,603.85 8,461.16 7,104.88 7,096.41 44,696.85 7,773.87 7,102.57 45,899.41 29,576.46 120,927.66 102,214.33 17,662.07 53,130.97 4,855.00 4,629.63 18,527.57 5,258.26 6,663.66 6,436.92 7,214.59 7,112.93 6,776.51 6,796.24 39,631.66 7,424.72 26,558.82 9,307.92 5,204.21 6,811.05 7,781.95 11,758.31 14,121.27 22,303.79 6,227.34 4,560.93 24,995.97 9,709.51 5,742.37 50,475.85 5,011.88 48,769.96 15,469.29 7,417.93

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US dollar...............................................................1.168811 Japan yen.............................................................131.488 Switzerland franc..............................................1.17008 Denmark kroner...............................................7.45479 Norway kroner .................................................9.47587 currenciesdirect.com/moraira • Tel: +34 966 265 072 THE ABOVE TABLE USES THE CURRENT INTERBANK EXCHANGE RATES, WHICH AREN’T REPRESENTATIVE OF THE RATE WE OFFER

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COMPANY 3M AMERICAN EXPRESS APPLE BOEING CO CATERPILLAR CISCO SYSTEMS COCA-COLA DOWDUPONT EXXON MOBIL GOLDMAN SACHS HOME DEPOT IBM INTEL CORP J.P.MORGAN CHASE JOHNSON & JOHNSON MC DONALD'S CORP MERCK AND CO. NEW MICROSOFT NIKE PFIZER PROCTER AND GAMBLE VERIZON COMMS VISA WAL-MART STORES WALGREENS BOOTS WALT DISNEY CO

PRICE 201,180 100,5000 191,330 350,790 140,750 41,780 44,74 66,36 83,31 226,41 198,6900 145,90 52,2200 106,3600 125,9300 158,5100 62,89 105,430 77,38 37,5300 79,310 51,41 139,42 87,7000 65,17 110,0000

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CHANGE 1,860 -0,6500 0,300 4,760 1,330 -1,800 0,07 0,11 0,62 -0,81 0,7400 -0,55 -0,1300 -0,4900 -1,8300 -0,6100 0,23 1,240 0,01 0,0100 0,420 0,17 -0,48 1,1800 1,29 1,7500

VOLUME(M) 119.439,01 86.449,19 940.413,35 204.363,58 84.161,43 196.486,41 190.380,45 153.984,20 352.720,75 85.519,15 229.197,58 133.931,58 243.345,20 362.132,07 337.763,14 124.458,47 169.220,12 810.039,57 99.254,83 219.534,40 199.432,88 212.379,48 248.937,65 258.789,05 64.675,48 163.527,69

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Most Advanced SIGA Technologies Inc. InflaRx N.V. Magenta Therapeutics, Inc. Ovid Therapeutics Inc. Yangtze River Port and Logistics Limited Zogenix, Inc. Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. ObsEva SA AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Educational Development Corporation TransGlobe Energy Corporation

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1.11 ▲ 17.79% 3.53 ▲ 11.65% 1.28 ▲ 10.60% 1.05 ▲ 10.55% 1.11 ▲ 10.37% 5.45 ▲ 9.75% 0.90 ▲ 9.33% 1.37 ▲ 9.16% 0.25 ▲ 8.47% 1.45 ▲ 8.31% 0.29 ▲ 7.71%

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Most Declined China TechFaith Wireless Com Tech Limited Gogo Inc. Emmis Communications Corporation MeiraGTx Holdings plc CytomX Therapeutics, Inc. Ascent Capital Group, Inc. Spero Therapeutics, Inc. Clearside Biomedical, Inc. Pattern Energy Group Inc. Salem Media Group, Inc. Internet Gold Golden Lines Ltd.

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www.euroweeklynews.com

19 - 25 July 2018

Fine mess for mobile users DRIVERS CAUGHT ON PHONE TO PAY MORE DRIVERS caught using their mobile phones in Spain are set to face heavier fines.

It comes after Pere Navarro, the new head of the national traffic authority (DGT), announced plans to reduce the number of fatal accidents on the country’s roads.

The DGT is hoping to change existing laws so that offending motorists also receive more than the current three penalty points on their licence if caught chatting or texting.

Financial penalties for recurring or infractions considered dangerous will also be stiffened, but are set to be reduced for less dangerous offences.

Drivers told to take refresher courses will also be handed eight penalty points rather than the current four.

Distractions at the wheel are the leading cause of fatalities on Spanish roads ahead of drink driving and speeding, the official said.

“We’re going to update the pointbased licence. After 12 years, my own roadmap says we need to stop, take stock and use our accumulated experience to update and review the system,”

GOOD CALL: New DGT chief Pere Navarro has big plans. he added at a press conference discussing fatal traffic accidents in 2017.

Navarro was previously in charge of the DGT under former socialist leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, between 2004 and 2012, when the points-based penalty system was

first introduced in Spain.

He last week accepted an offer from Pedro Sanchez’ new government to reassume the post in the wake of Mariano Rajoy’s conservative People’s Party being ousted from office.

“When it comes to road safety, our

indicator is very visible: the death toll.

The figures set our path for us,” he said.

“We need to do something about secondary roads, we need to do something about motorcycles, we need to do something about cities, about distractions, about pedestrians.”

The official pointed out that 46 per cent of those who died on Spanish roads last year were pedestrians, cyclists or motorcycle riders.

He added: “This trend is on the rise, which means that in two to three years there are going to be more deaths among these vulnerable groups than among drivers of four-wheel vehicles.”

The points-based system came into effect on July 1, 2006, with 75 per cent of Spanish drivers failing to pick up a single point over its first decade.

Spain currently ranks eighth in the European Union for road safety, three places lower than last year, although the death rate of 39 per million inhabitants is beneath the bloc’s average of 50.

“It’s true that we’re on the good side of the European average,” said Navarro.

“We’re very good at road safety.”

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Airlines’ merger unveiled IRISH carrier Cityjet and Spain’s Air Nostrum have announced a deal to create the largest pan-European regional airline group.

The two airlines will cooperate closely under a new umbrella holding company, according to a Cityjet statement.

Between them, the pair will have a combined fleet of almost 100 aircraft and annual revenues of around €700 million.

Cityjet employs 1,250 people across nine European countries and its regional network includes provision of services via wet lease contracts with Air France, Brussels Airlines and SAS. Its fleet includes more than 40 aircraft including 22 new Bombardier CRJ900 regional jets.

Air Nostrum has more than 1,250 employees, is the regional operator for Iberia and flys to more than 60 destinations in Europe and Africa.

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19 - 25 July 2018

FEATURE

If only snowflakes would melt away …

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT ONE of the real problems with the social media is that it allows the snowflakes and bordering nutters to seek each other out.

Whereas, at one time someone with totally offthe-wall ideas would hardly come across any likeminded individuals, they can now contact them at the touch of a button.

It stands to reason, if you can air your views to everyone in and around your vicinity, or indeed the whole country, you are going to find more supporters than standing on a street corner banging a drum and handing out leaflets.

Although there seems to be a positive glut of gaggle heads these days, there are in fact no more than there ever were, they are just a bit more linked up that’s all. Solo individuals have now turned into ‘minority groups’ and we all know they are a part of the ‘flavour’ who seem to get all the preferential treatment these days!

This latest bunch are a glaring example. Drunk with the power of getting national media coverage to get wolf whistles classed as a criminal offence, they are now advocating that ANY praise by male of the species, including reference to articles of dress or attire, be classed as a misogynistic ‘hate crime.’ I say Miss, ‘What a lovely pair of

GIVE ME A BREAK: Is a man complimenting a woman really committing a hate crime? shoes your wearing. Where did you get them?’ ...... ‘Help. Police. Hate Crime. Hate crime in progress.’ Doo da, doo da ..... give us a break.

I suppose praise from a female is ok? Well be a bit careful lady, the woman admiring your hat at Ascot could be a gender bender; another load of codswallop dreamed up by these people.

To be honest I’m surprised most of ‘em even have the courage to walk out of their own front doors. Some of their projects can be very dangerous indeed.

They all seem to have completely one-track minds and, because they all appear to suffer complexes of inferiority and inadequacy, are com-

pletely unable to accept, or even listen to any other points of view.

One example is their ongoing insistence that babies, and young children, who show a tendency to play with toys or enjoy dressing up and indulging in the games of their opposite sex, should be immediately and relentlessly encouraged to grow up in that sexual gender.

This was recently shot down by one eminent psychiatrist who, on examining a young boy who showed a great deal of interest in feminine toys, etc, had in fact a younger sister who suffered from a debilitating illness. This led to the parents showing her more attention than they had the older lad.

In the little boy’s mind he interpreted this as a favouritism towards girls. He thought that if he acted more like a girl, he would attract the same attention as his sister. It had nothing to do with his gender whatsoever!

Oh yes, these sorry snowflakes are dangerous alright. And terrible wasters of our most precious possession: Time. Why don’t they all stick on a burka and move into areas where they will not be noticed by anyone? And certainly not listened to!

Dream on Leapy.

Keep the faith.

Love Leapy. leapylee2002@gmail.com

Leapy Lee’s opinions are his own and are not necessarily representative of those of the publishers, advertisers or sponsors.

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19 - 25 July 2018

Bad loser Cassandra Nash A weekly look - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene

ALBERT RIVERA, the pro-Constitution leader of Ciudadanos and one of the 50 per cent of Catalans who do not want independence slated Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez for receiving Quim Torra in the Moncloa.

Rivera dismissed Sanchez as a populist and condemned him for receiving someone who was not a democrat.

Better look for another stick to beat Sanchez with. Successive Spanish presidents have received dodgy visitors without a murmur, the last of whom was the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. Less of a tyrant than his grandfather, admittedly, but no shining example of democracy.

Poor Albert! He’s still smarting because Pedro Sanchez stole his presidential thunder, wrong-footing and outsmarting him to get into the Moncloa with that amazingly successful vote of no confidence.

Victory of the German doctor

Lie of the land WITHIN a day or so, either Soraya Saenz de Santamaria or Pablo Casado will be chosen to lead the Partido Popular now that Mariano Rajoy is tending his garden in Santa Pola.

To Casado’s irritation, people keep harping on about the master’s degree he picked up so effortlessly in 2008 without attending one lecture.

“It’s rather a coincidence that just as I presented my candidature something that happened 10 years ago should acquire so much media, academic and legal importance,” he said with hurt surprise.

Not very perceptive of him. Nobody gives two hoots about Casada’s academic record. What they care about is the fact that he could be lying about it and if he can’t see what’s wrong in that, he’s even worse than the usual run of politicians.

FEATURE

BITTER?: Albert Sanchez.

Ain’t we got fun SPAIN’S economy looks good on paper but seems not to have reached everyone’s pockets.

The country’s statistics office INE found that the 20 per cent who are Spain’s lowest earners are 15 per cent worse off than they were before the crisis.

The 20 per cent who earn most are only 1 per cent worse off, INE said, while the top layer of affluent households earned 6.6 times more than the lowest-income families.

Disraeli reputedly said, ‘There

PASCUAL MARAGALL was the socialist mayor of Barcelona between 1982 and 1997. In the 1999 regional elections, he was the most-voted presidential candidate but owing to the way the electoral system distributes seats, Jordi Pujol was again invested as Cataluña’s president.

Maragall finally made it, with the help of Esquerra Republicana and the largely forgotten ICVEUIA in 2003 and remained president until he resigned in 2006.

In 2007, Maragall admitted that he had Alzheimer’s. Echoing Cervantes, he joked: “The German doctor whose name I do not care to remember will win the

are lies, damn lies and statistics’ but the 20’s song that maintained, ‘There’s nothing surer, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer’ was nearer the mark, then and now.

The big difference is that in 2018

game in the end.”

Not long ago Maragall’s daughter Cristina told an El Mundo interviewer: “If my father were well, perhaps we wouldn’t have arrived at this in Cataluña.”

Maragall himself, like many Catalan socialists, possibly had a yen for independence but it remained latent and rational.

Eleven years later Maragall no longer knows who he is or was and the ‘German doctor’ is winning.

Like Maragall, many Catalan politicians are unsure of their identity, the least rational of whom is the self-exiled Carles Puigdemont, but unlike him there is no excuse for them.

no-one would willingly agree that ‘In the meantime, in between time, ain’t we got fun.’

Frankly, we ain’t. columnists@euroweeklynews.com

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12:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 1:00pm Greatest Moments in Football 2:00pm EFL Goals: Championship 2:30pm EFL Goals: Leagues 1&2 3:00pm Play-Off Final Highlights 4:00pm Football's Greatest 4:30pm Football's Greatest Teams 5:00pm Football's Greatest Head to Head 5:30pm SPFL Round Up 6:00pm Football Years 6:30pm Football Countdowns 7:00pm EFL Greatest Games 8:00pm EFL Goals: Championship 8:30pm EFL Goals: Leagues 1&2 9:00pm SPFL Round Up 9:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 10:00pm Greatest Moments in Football 11:00pm Football Godfathers 12:00am Championship Season Review 1:00am Play-Off Final Highlights

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7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Matron, Medicine and Me 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Heir Hunters with Michael Buerk 12:45pm The Farmers' Country Showdown 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Red Rock 3:30pm Escape to the Country 4:30pm Celebrity Money for Nothing 5:15pm Flog It! 6:15pm Impossible 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm A Question of Sport 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Still Open All Hours 10:00pm Would I Lie to You? 10:30pm Our Friend Victoria 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Room 101 12:15am What Women Want

7:30am Matron, Medicine and Me 8:15am Heir Hunters with Michael Buerk 9:00am Gardeners' World 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Perfection 2:45pm Getting the Builders in 3:30pm For What It's Worth 4:15pm Secrets of the Castle with Ruth, Peter and Tom 5:15pm Hidden Kingdoms 6:15pm Antiques Road Trip 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm RHS: Tatton Flower Show 2018 9:00pm Golf 11:00pm Mock the Week 11:30pm Newsnight 12:05am Louis Theroux 1:05am That's the Way A-ha A-ha Joe Lycett Live 2:05am Panorama 2:35am Conviction: Murder in Suburbia

8:00pm World News Today The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective.

8:30pm BBC Proms 2018 Multi-instrumentalist Jacob Collier teams up with Jules Buckley and the Metropole Orkest, 10:30pm Top of the Pops 11:00pm Smashing Hits! The 80s Pop Map of Britain and Ireland 12:00am The Joy of ABBA 1:00am ABBA at the BBC 2:00am Top of the Pops 2:30am The R&B Feeling: The Bob Parks Story 3:30am The Joy of ABBA Between 1974 and 1982 ABBA plundered the Anglo-Saxon charts, but divided critical opinion.

4:30am This is BBC Four

8:10am King of Queens 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05am Frasier 10:35am Frasier 11:05am Car S.O.S 12:05pm Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Find it, Fix it, Flog it 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 5:00pm The £100k Drop 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 6:30pm The Simpsons 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm The Crystal Maze 10:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 11:00pm The Last Leg 12:05am The Big Narstie Show 1:10am Stath Lets Flats

9:20am Floogals 9:40am Digby Dragon 9:55am Nella the Princess Knight 10:05am Mofy 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm Desperately Seeking Stardom 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm Cagney and Lacey 4:15pm Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Tony Robinson: Coast to Coast 9:00pm Celebrity Five Go Caravanning 10:00pm Jane Mcdonald and Friends 11:00pm Mamma Mia! Mania: The World's Favourite Musical 12:30am Julie Walters: By Her Friends

9:00am 9:30am 10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 11:30am 12:00pm

4:00am ITV Nightscreen 6:05am The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm The Voice Kids 10:30pm Coronation Street 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:35pm ITV News London 11:45pm Crank 1:25am Jackpot247 4:00am Who's Doing the Dishes?

4:45am ITV Nightscreen

7:45am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 8:10am Who's Doing the Dishes?

9:00am Emmerdale 10:00am You've Been Framed! Gold 10:25am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:20am The Bachelorette 1:15pm Emmerdale 2:15pm You've Been Framed! Gold 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:45pm Judge Rinder 6:50pm Take Me Out 8:00pm You've Been Framed! Gold 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Superstore 10:00pm Love Island 11:05pm Celebrity Juice 11:50pm Family Guy 12:20am Family Guy

7:00am Classic Coronation Street 7:30am Classic Coronation Street 8:00am Heartbeat 9:00am The Royal 10:05am Judge Judy 10:35am Judge Judy 11:00am Judge Judy 11:25am Agatha Christie's Marple 1:35pm The Royal 2:40pm Heartbeat 3:40pm Classic Coronation Street 4:15pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm Agatha Christie's Marple 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 11:00pm Foyle's War 1:05am Vera 3:00am Honest 3:55am Long Lost Family Australia 4:50am This Time Next Year 5:40am Judge Judy

4:00am Teleshopping 7:00am Football's Greatest: Bobby Charlton 7:15am The Chase 8:05am The Chase 8:55am Cash Cowboys 9:55am The Professionals 10:55am Minder 12:00pm Tour De France 2018 - Highlights 1:00pm Storage Wars Texas 1:30pm Tour De France 2018 6:00pm The Professionals 7:00pm Cash Cowboys 8:00pm Tour De France 2018 - Highlights 9:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 10:00pm The Krays 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm The Krays 12:35am World Boxing Super Series 1:05am Harry Brown 2:05am FYI Daily 2:10am Harry Brown 3:10am Lethal Weapon 3:55am ITV4 Nightscreen 4:00am Teleshopping

12:15pm War for the Planet of the Apes 2:45pm Top Ten Show, the 2018 3:00pm The Dark Tower 4:45pm All About the Money 6:30pm Marvel's Avengers Assemble 9:00pm The Dark Tower 10:45pm War for the Planet of the Apes 1:15am Death Race

4:25am 6:30am

7:00am 8:35am

Date Night Did You Hear About the Morgans?

10:25am Spanglish 12:40pm Think Like a Man Too 2:30pm Girls Trip 4:40pm The Other Guys 6:40pm Groundhog Day 8:30pm Mamma Mia - Here We Go Again: Special 9:00pm Girls Trip 11:10pm The Other Guys

12:30pm 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 12:05am 12:35am

Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Black-Ish Black-Ish How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Black-Ish Black-Ish The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Colombiana The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory

The Last Diamond The Hurricane Heist: The Eye of the Storm 7:00am Tommy's Honour Gifted young golfer Tommy Morris rejects the stuffy status quo and seeks to play the game on his own terms.

9:10am An Ordinary Man 11:00am Renegades 1:00pm Thor: Ragnarok 3:15pm Tommy's Honour 5:15pm An Ordinary Man 7:00pm Renegades 9:00pm Thor: Ragnarok 11:15pm Happy Death Day 1:00am Realive 2:50am 22 Chaser 4:40am Happy Death Day Groundhog Day gets dark as a college birthday girl finds herself repeating the same deadly day over and over

FRIDAY TV

6:00am 7:00am

Sky Sports News Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 7:30am The Open Championship Live Day two of The 147th Open Championship, held at Carnoustie Golf Links 9:30pm The Open Verdict Live Day two of The 147th Open Championship, held at Carnoustie Golf Links.

10:00pm The Open Highlights 12:00am Nick Dougherty's Tee Time Tips 12:15am Info not available 2:00am Sky Sports News All the news from the Premier League and beyond 3:00am Sky Sports News 4:00am Sky Sports News 5:00am Sky Sports News

12:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 1:00pm Greatest Moments in Football 2:00pm EFL Goals: Championship 2:30pm EFL Goals: Leagues 1&2 3:00pm Play-Off Final Highlights 4:00pm Football's Greatest 4:30pm Football's Greatest Teams 5:00pm Football's Greatest Head to Head 5:30pm SPFL Round Up 6:00pm Football Years 6:30pm Football Countdowns 7:00pm EFL Greatest Games 8:00pm EFL Goals: Championship 8:30pm EFL Goals: Leagues 1&2 9:00pm SPFL Round Up 9:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 10:00pm Greatest Moments in Football 11:00pm Football Godfathers

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7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm Nadiya's Family Favourites 1:00pm Athletics 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather 2:15pm Athletics: London Anniversary Games 5:00pm Athletics: World Cup Highlights 6:05pm Wedding Day Winners 7:05pm BBC News 7:15pm Regional News 7:18pm Weather 7:20pm Wreck-it Ralph 8:55pm Pointless 9:40pm Casualty 10:30pm Mrs. Brown's Boys 11:00pm BBC News 11:15pm Weather 11:20pm Pretty Woman 1:15am Weather for the Week Ahead 1:20am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

8:00am Officially Amazing Goes Bunkers 8:30am The Dengineers 9:00am Naomi's Nightmares of Nature 9:30am Deadly Dinosaurs with Steve Backshall 10:00am David Attenbrough's Natural Curiosities 10:25am Animal Odd Couples 11:25am Coast 12:00pm Second Chance Summer: Tuscany 1:00pm Simply Nigella 1:30pm Kew on a Plate 2:30pm Garden Rescue 3:15pm Wanted Down Under 4:00pm Money for Nothing 5:00pm Ben and James Versus the Arabian Desert 6:00pm Flog It! 6:50pm Natural World 7:50pm BBC Proms Extra 8:30pm Dad's Army 9:00pm Golf 11:00pm QI XL 11:45pm Touretteshero: Me, My Mouth and I 12:45am Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

4:30am This is BBC Four 8:00pm Mountain 9:00pm Wonders of the Monsoon Series exploring a world where life is shaped by the greatest weather system on Earth.

10:00pm Hidden 11:00pm Top of the Pops 11:30pm Top of the Pops John Peel and Janice Long present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 2 January 1986.

12:00am The Undiscovered Peter Cook 1:00am Smashing Hits! The 80's Pop Map of Britain and Ireland 2:00am Classic Soul at the BBC 3:00am Mountain 4:00am Wonders of the Monsoon

9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:25am Frasier 9:55am Frasier 10:25am The Big Bang Theory 10:55am The Big Bang Theory 11:20am The Simpsons 11:50am The Simpsons 12:20pm Come Dine with Me 1:20pm Four in a Bed 1:50pm Four in a Bed 2:20pm Four in a Bed 2:50pm Four in a Bed 3:25pm Four in a Bed 3:55pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 4:55pm Kirstie and Phil's Love it or List it 6:00pm Channel 4 News 6:30pm Formula 1 8:00pm Inside Bentley: A Great British Motor Car 9:00pm Great Canal Journeys 10:00pm Kingsman: The Secret Service 12:35am The Visit 2:10am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 3:05am The Big Narstie

6:10am 6:35am 7:00am 11:10am

7:35am 7:50am 7:55am 8:10am 8:30am

6:55am ITV2 Nightscreen 7:00am The Planet's Funniest Animals 7:10am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:35am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:30am Coronation Street Omnibus 1:15pm Catchphrase 2:00pm You've Been Framed! Gold 3:05pm You've Got Mail 4:10pm FYI Daily 4:15pm You've Got Mail 5:25pm St. Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold 6:30pm FYI Daily 6:35pm St. Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold 7:35pm The Mummy Returns 8:35pm FYI Daily 8:40pm The Mummy Returns 10:00pm Love Island 11:05pm Keith Lemon: Coming in America 11:50pm Family Guy 12:20am Family Guy

5:40am 6:05am 6:25am 7:00am

4:00am Teleshopping 7:00am Barcelona's European Glory 7:10am The Protectors 7:35am Minder 8:25am Minder 9:20am Motorsport UK 10:30am ITV Racing: The Opening Show 11:30am Storage Wars Texas 12:00pm Tour De France 2018 - Highlights 1:00pm Tour De France 2018 - Live 6:00pm Storage Wars Texas 6:25pm Storage Wars Texas 7:00pm Monster Carp 8:00pm Tour De France 2018 - Highlights 9:00pm The Living Daylights 10:05pm FYI Daily 10:10pm The Living Daylights 11:45pm Rugby World Cup 7s 2018 Highlights 12:45am Better Late Than Never 1:40am Minder 2:45am The Motorbike Show 3:40am Sporting Funnies 3:50am ITV4 Nightscreen

3:35pm Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 6:10pm Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 9:00pm Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge 11:15pm Atomic Blonde 1:15am Iron Man 3 3:40am Keanu

8:55am 9:25am 9:30am 10:25am 11:25am 11:45am 12:45pm 1:50pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 3:45pm 4:45pm 5:45pm 6:45pm 7:00pm 7:15pm 9:00pm 10:30pm 10:50pm 12:50am

Dino Dana Mission Employable The Oddbods Show Ninjago: Possession The Haunted Hathaways Drop Dead Weird ITV News Zoe Ball on Saturday Who's Doing the Dishes?

Info not available Info not available Info not available ITV Lunchtime News To be Announced Catchphrase Tenable Tipping Point The Chase ITV Evening News Regional News and Weather Info not available The Voice Kids ITV News The Bourne Ultimatum You've Been Framed!

7:25am 8:20am 9:20am 10:20am 12:20pm 2:30pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 8:00pm 10:00pm 12:00am 2:00am 2:55am 3:30am

Judge Judy Judge Judy ITV3 Nightscreen On the Buses 70s sitcom. Inspector Blake demands that all bus crews pass a first aid test or be suspended.

Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote Agatha Christie's Marple Agatha Christie's Marple ITV Racing: Live from Newbury Rosemary and Thyme Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders Endeavour Vera Honest ITV3 Nightscreen Teleshopping

11:45am 12:10pm 1:10pm 2:10pm 3:10pm 4:10pm 5:10pm 6:10pm 7:05pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 9:55pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 1:00am 4:10am

8:20am 10:05am 11:50am 1:40pm 3:25pm 5:25pm 7:10pm 9:00pm 10:45pm 12:45am

Divine Designs Wildlife SOS Teleshopping Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Make You Laugh Out Loud Police Interceptors Police Interceptors Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun Bad Tenants, Rogue Landlords Bad Tenants, Rogue Landlords Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

Blind Date Before They Were Stars 5 News Victoria Wood: Her Life as Seen on TV Victoria Wood: Live Super Casino GPs: Behind Closed Doors

50 First Dates American Pie American Pie 2 American Pie: The Wedding American Pie: Reunion American Pie American Pie 2 American Pie: The Wedding American Pie: Reunion My Blind Brother

SATURDAY TV

9:20am How I Met Your Mother 9:50am How I Met Your Mother 10:15am Couples Come Dine with Me 11:15am Couples Come Dine with Me 12:20pm Don't Tell the Bride 1:30pm The Goldbergs 2:00pm The Goldbergs 2:30pm The Goldbergs 3:00pm The Goldbergs 3:30pm The Goldbergs 4:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 4:30pm Young Sheldon 5:00pm The Big Bang Theory 5:30pm The Big Bang Theory 6:00pm The Big Bang Theory 6:30pm The Big Bang Theory 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:30pm The Big Bang Theory 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones 12:35am Gogglebox 1:35am Gogglebox

6:00am 7:00am 8:00am

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9:00am 10:00am 11:00am 11:30am 12:00pm 12:30pm 1:00pm 1:15pm 1:30pm

12:50pm 3:10pm 5:00pm 7:00pm 9:00pm

11:15pm 1:00am 2:45am 4:35am

Happy Death Day Anon: Special Tommy's Honour Renegades An Ordinary Man A Bosnian Serb army general accused of war crimes and forced to go into hiding develops a relationship with his young maid.

Thor: Ragnarok The Shanghai Job Tommy's Honour Renegades Thor: Ragnarok Thor has his work cut out after being banished to a remote junk planet and forced into gladiatorial combat.

The Shanghai Job Happy Death Day Realive 22 Chaser

Sky Sports News Sky Sports News The Open Highlights 10:00am The Open Championship Live 2:55pm Live German F1 GP: Qualifying 4:45pm The Open Championship Live 9:00pm The Open Verdict Live 9:30pm Live Darts: World Matchplay Day one of the BetVictor World Matchplay Darts from the Winter Gardens, Blackpool.

12:00am The Open Highlights Day three of The 147th Open Championship, held at Carnoustie Golf Links.

2:00am Sky Sports News 3:00am Sky Sports News 4:00am Sky Sports News 5:00am Sky Sports News

3:35pm 4:00pm 4:15pm 4:30pm 4:45pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 6:15pm 6:30pm 6:45pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 8:15pm 8:30pm 8:45pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 9:50pm 11:55pm 12:30am

EFL Play-Off Highlights EFL Play-Off Highlights EFL Play-Off Highlights EFL Play-Off Highlights EFL Play-Off Highlights EFL Play-Off Highlights EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games Live Chinese Super League One2eleven EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games Play-Off Final Highlights EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games Season Review EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games Football Years One2eleven Football Football Years Football Years

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TECH FOR THE TIMID I’M showing my age, but a catchphrase in the classic Goon Show was often: ‘Have a gorilla,’ and its stock response, ‘No thanks, I’ve just put one out.’

These days we carry a gorilla in our pockets - at least if we have a reasonably new smartphone. Gorilla Glass is what’s often on the front, supposedly tougher than the bourgeois stuff and designed to resist anything from the average drop (yeah, dream on) to the steady build-up of fingerprint residue or coin and key scratches. Sadly, as we spot that first heart-wrenching gouge, it doesn’t.

A gung-ho friend insists he buys gadgets to use them. Given that he makes a more honest living than I do, producing physical stuff where I just describe it, after a month of unforgiving use his new phones look like they came straight off a Bangalore e-waste dump.

Like choosing to coddle or not coddle your phone with a fancy genuine imitation leather case, cosseting your Gorilla Glass with a screen protector is a personal preference. That gives rise to one of the great existential

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Gorilla in our pockets A touch of glass or plastic fantastic, asks Terence Kennedy

OOPS: ‘Scream’ protector needed! questions of our time: glass or plastic?

Plastic screen-protector films are refreshingly cheap, last longer than their glass equivalents, and will actually give the device a tiny bit extra impact resistance. And they’re reusable.

On the downside they may give

your finger a slightly rougher ‘slide’ on the screen because they’re not as smooth. You need to clean them more often and longer than their glass counterparts.

The deal-breaker for me: if anyone insists they have a foolproof way of putting one on which won’t leave

bubbles, they’re probably lying.

Tempered-glass protectors are (much) more expensive than those cheap-as-chips plastic films, they look great, they’re slightly thicker, they’re unlikely to affect the screen’s clarity and your finger gets a smoother ride.

They are also slower to accumulate fingerprints.

Most boast so-called 9H hardness, with their adspeak claiming only a diamond will scratch them. Believe that and I have a bridge to sell you.

They will indeed resist minor scratching, but on the downside if you drop the phone they are prone to cracking. As on a car’s windscreen, a crack will often spread inexorably.

And once a glass protector is on your phone you’re unlikely to get it off without snapping it.

The bottom line: plastic lasts longer, glass looks better.

Or you could just adopt my manual-labouring friend’s cavalier attitude summed up in that Cat Stevens song from the 60’s: The First Cut is the Deepest. After that, who cares?

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Screen test SADLY, if you have one of the growing number of curved-edge smartphone screens, few screen protectors can cope with the curvature. You’re generally left with bare edges which may lift slightly or collect fluff over time.

Like the screens themselves, glass protectors come as either tempered, or Gorilla which is also tempered but has been chemically treated to make it stronger.

Every decent screen protector has an ‘oleophobic coating’ for fingerprint resistance, sprayed on (for the cheapies), or applied statically. But here’s the kicker: neither coating lasts more than a few months at best.

Then again, if you believe some pundits, neither will the coating on your actual smartphone screen. If that bothers you, buy a touchscreen stylus and never put digit to screen again.

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7:00am Breakfast 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am Sunday Morning Live 12:00pm Sunday Politics 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Garden Rescue 3:00pm Money for Nothing 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Lifeline 4:55pm Songs of Praise 5:30pm Animals Behaving Badly 6:30pm Eat Well for Less 7:30pm BBC News 7:50pm Regional News 7:55pm Weather 8:00pm Countryfile 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm Poldark 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Regional News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Imagine...

12:35am A Little Chaos 2:25am Weather for the Week Ahead

7:00am A to Z of TV Gardening 7:45am Glorious Gardens From Above 8:30am Gardeners' World 9:30am Countryfile 10:25am The Beechgrove Garden 10:55am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30pm The Best Dishes Ever 1:00pm The Hairy Bikers' Best of British 2:00pm Athletics: London Anniversary Games 5:30pm Flog It! 6:30pm Secrets of Silicon Valley 7:30pm Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing 8:00pm Inside the Factory 9:00pm Golf 11:00pm Shankly: The Man Who Changed Football 12:30am Idris Elba King of Speed 1:30am Countryfile 2:25am Holby City 3:25am This is BBC Two

8:00pm BBC Proms 2018 Schumann and Boulanger.

9:45pm Wild Scotland 10:00pm Archaeology: A Secret History 11:00pm Rich Hall's Presidential Grudge Match 12:30am Six Wives with Lucy Worsley History documentary bearing witness to some of the most important moments in the lives of King Henry VIII's wives.

1:29am Henry VIII's Enforcer: The Rise and Fall of Thomas Cromwell 2:30am Forest, Field and Sky: Art out of Nature Archaeology: A Secret History

7:20am Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids 7:35am Dino Dana 7:50am Mission Employable 7:55am The Oddbods Show 8:10am Ninjago: Possession 8:30am The Haunted Hathaways 8:55am Drop Dead Weird 9:25am ITV News 9:30am Zoe Ball on Sunday 10:25am Who's Doing the Dishes?

11:15am Midsomer Murders 1:10pm ITV Lunchtime News 1:20pm The Voice Kids Final 2:50pm Mamma Mia! 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Paul O'grady: For the Love of Dogs 7:30pm ITV Evening News 7:45pm Regional News and Weather 8:00pm Vera 10:00pm Unforgotten 11:00pm ITV News 11:20pm To be Announced 12:20am Goodwood Festival of Speed

6:50am ITV2 Nightscreen 7:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:10am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:15am Coronation Street Omnibus 1:00pm Take Me Out 2:30pm You've Been Framed!

Gold 3:30pm Looney Tunes: Back in Action 4:30pm FYI Daily 4:35pm Looney Tunes: Back in Action 5:20pm Hotel Transylvania Preview 6:25pm FYI Daily 6:30pm Hotel Transylvania Preview 7:10pm Hotel Transylvania 7:15pm Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 8:20pm FYI Daily 8:25pm Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 10:00pm Love Island 12:05am Family Guy

3:30am Teleshopping 7:00am Murder, She Wrote 7:50am Heartbeat Sparks fly as Joe clashes with Rachel over an investigation into a train robbery 8:50am Heartbeat 9:50am Agatha Christie's Marple 11:50am Foyle's War 1:50pm Foyle's War 3:55pm Foyle's War 5:55pm Foyle's War 8:00pm Victoria Eight-part drama series about the early reign of Queen Victoria. The 9:00pm Victoria 10:00pm The Halcyon 11:00pm The Halcyon 12:00am Wire in the Blood 2:00am Blue Murder 3:15am Liverpool 1 4:10am Road to Avonlea 5:00am Road to Avonlea 5:45am Murder, She Wrote

4:00am 6:10am 7:00am 7:15am 7:40am 8:05am 8:30am 8:55am 9:25am 10:00am 10:30am 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 4:20pm 5:20pm 6:20pm 7:20pm 7:45pm 10:00pm 11:10pm 12:05am 2:10am 3:05am 5:10am

Hollyoaks Omnibus My Kitchen Rules To be Announced King of Queens King of Queens King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Sunday Brunch The Simpsons The Simpsons The Boxtrolls Bang on Budget Homes by the Med Location, Location, Location Channel 4 News Formula 1 The Handmaid's Tale Artist in Residence: The Sex Clinic Stonehearst Asylum The Last Leg My Golden Days Selling Houses with Amanda Lamb

4:00am Teleshopping 7:00am World Cup Rivalries: Brazil v Italy 7:15am Minder 8:05am Minder 8:55am The Sweeney 9:55am River Monsters 10:25am River Monsters 10:55am Monster Carp 11:55am Tour De France 2018 - Highlights 1:00pm Tour De France 2018 - Live 6:15pm Football Rivalries 6:30pm Storage Wars Texas 7:00pm Storage Wars Texas 7:25pm Storage Wars Texas 8:00pm Tour De France 2018 - Highlights 9:00pm River Monsters 9:30pm River Monsters 10:00pm The Chronicles of Riddick 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm The Chronicles of Riddick 12:20am Rugby World Cup 7s 2018 Highlights 1:20am Red Heat 2:20am FYI Daily

5:45am 6:10am 6:35am 7:00am 11:00am

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House Doctor Divine Designs Wildlife SOS Little Princess Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Blind Date Police Interceptors The Dark Crystal Access The Dark Crystal Labyrinth Access Labyrinth Nanny McPhee Access Nanny McPhee Wonderful World of Puppies Chuckle Time with the Chuckle Brothers 5 News Funniest Celeb Talent Show Moments Ever 21 Jump Street News Update 21 Jump Street The Green Hornet Access The Green Hornet Super Casino

5:50am How I Met Your Mother 6:10am How I Met Your Mother 7:00am Hollyoaks Omnibus 9:20am Couples Come Dine with Me 10:25am Couples Come Dine with Me 11:25am Don't Tell the Bride 12:25pm The Crystal Maze 1:30pm Rude(Ish) Tube 1:55pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 2:25pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 2:55pm Young Sheldon 3:25pm The Big Bang Theory 3:55pm The Big Bang Theory 4:25pm The Big Bang Theory 4:55pm The Big Bang Theory 5:25pm The Big Bang Theory 5:55pm The Big Bang Theory 6:25pm The Big Bang Theory 6:55pm The Big Bang Theory 7:25pm The Big Bang Theory 7:50pm Rango 10:00pm Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 11:00pm Gogglebox 12:05am Gogglebox Australia 1:10am The Big Bang Theory 1:35am The Big Bang Theory

6:00am Sky Sports News 7:00am Sky Sports News 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans Round-up of the sports news with live analysis and comment plus extended interviews with the headline makers.

9:00am The Open Championship Live The fourth and final day of The 147th Open Championship, held at Carnoustie Golf Links.

8:00pm The Open Verdict Live 8:30pm Live Darts: World Matchplay 12:30am Boxing 1:00am Sky Sports News All the news from the Premier League and beyond.

2:00am Sky Sports News 3:00am Sky Sports News 4:00am Sky Sports News 5:00am Sky Sports News

2:00pm Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 4:50pm Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge 7:00pm Thor 2 - The Dark World 9:00pm The Hurricane Heist 11:00pm Marked for Death 12:45am Kiss of the Dragon 2:30am Cyborg 009

7:00am Renegades 8:50am The Shanghai Job 10:35am Same Kind of Different as Me 12:45pm Thor: Ragnarok 3:00pm Tommy's Honour 5:00pm Renegades 6:50pm Same Kind of Different as Me A wealthy married couple discover a renewed sense of purpose when they befriend a homeless drifter.

9:00pm Thor: Ragnarok 11:15pm The Shanghai Job Tasked with transporting a valuable antique, a down-on-his-luck bodyguard finds himself fighting for his life on the streets of Shanghai.

1:00am Realive 2:50am Happy Death Day 4:40am An Ordinary Man

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5:40am License to Drive 7:20am Dude, Where's My Car? 8:50am Get Him to the Greek 10:45am Billy Madison 12:20pm Fletch 2:05pm Mean Girls 3:50pm Rough Night 5:35pm Fletch 7:20pm Fist Fight 9:00pm Rough Night 10:45pm Pineapple Express 12:45am Fist Fight 2:25am Don Verdean

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One2eleven One2eleven Football's Greatest Football's Greatest Teams One2eleven Football's Greatest One2eleven Live Chinese Super League One2eleven Football's Greatest One2eleven Football's Greatest Teams Football's Greatest Teams One2eleven One2eleven Football's Greatest Football's Greatest Football Countdowns Football Countdowns Football Countdowns Football Countdowns Football Countdowns Football Countdowns Football Countdowns Football Countdowns Football Countdowns

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Breaking Views Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist.

To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/3.0.15/nora-johnson

Readers turning to crime (ERR, crime novels!)

A TREND unforeseen, even by hard-bitten crime fiction detectives, crime novels have beaten general fiction for the first time since book charts were compiled. Anxious about volatility in the real world, readers now seek reassurance in stories where baddies get their just desserts.

Thriller writer David Baldacci said readers turned to his crime novels to see the good guys win: “When times are stressful and it looks like the bad is winning out over the good, along comes the genre of crime novels to put the balance back in life. People inherently don’t like folks who do bad to get away with it. In real life they do all the time, because of a variety of factors. But in novels, evil’s punished, and the good guys mostly win, after solving the puzzle.”

The Girl in the Woods, the latest in my own psychological crime thriller series featuring investigative journalist Alice Myers, traces the increasing trauma of the Walker family who fall apart when their 17-year-old daughter, Kezia, fails to return home from a night out. As the hours pass and the police investigation builds, this just-published novel puts every parent’s worst nightmare scenario under the microscope.

TV COUCH CRITIC

by Adam Whalley-Lewis WELL, we did it. Whether you watched the World Cup and/or Wimbledon, or if you did your best to avoid them, Sunday saw them both conclude - unfortunately at about the same time. I think a lot of us were flicking between Moscow and SW19 last Sunday trying to keep up .

Now, you know I can’t explain the off-side rule and I can’t play tennis for toffee, but I did get caught up in the football and in the latter stages, the tennis too. I might have missed the Men’s final if lovely friends from London, Ray and Louise, hadn’t sent me a copy of a well-known newspaper and jogged my memory via its sports section!

I enjoyed the tennis. I liked the genuine affection the Ladies’ finalists showed for each other and for once, Djokovic dropped the arrogant act and was nice about his opponent too. It is a shame that British competitors who made it through to the finals in the wheelchair doubles, mixed doubles and in the Boys competition were difficult to follow, just because there was no BBC visibility of when these matches were being played or if, or when, the BBC were showing them. The British pair won the wheelchair match and got hardly a mention anywhere.

Oh and France won the World Cup. Felicitations La France.

If you are a fan of The Voice (if you are, worry

Deadly secrets THE latest in the psychological crime thriller series featuring investigative journalist Alice Myers, The Girl in the Woods depicts the unimaginable pressures faced by the Walker family when their 17-year-old daughter goes missing after a night out. As the hours pass and the police inquiry builds, it explores every parent’s worst nightmare.

A teenager vanishes in woodland.

Parents torn apart by secrets, guilt and jealousy. Barbara Forster, the complex DI heading the enquiry, faces a race against time, following a treacherous path that leads all the way to a dark and explosive climax.

An action-packed thriller on several levels, the stories unfold, adding an unexpected triple twist at the end.

Tense and gripping throughout, The Girl in the Woods is highly recommended.

Focusing on the disappearance of an apparently captivating teenager, what follows is part whodunit, part police-procedural and part examination of the effects of the pressures on her parents, friends and acquaintances. When the police are called in, it soon becomes apparent she had secrets of her own and, as the investigation continues, suspicion shifts from one parent, friend and acquaintance to another.

Inevitably tension rises and tempers fray as Kezia’s parents have different ideas how to proceed. Her father becomes obsessed with pursuing his own investigation while her mother bottles up her emotions, trying to keep her family together and marriage intact.

The very real anguish of a family torn apart by secrets, guilt and jealousy, as the gradually building nightmare gathers steam, keeps you guessing right up to the explosive triple-twist climax.

Nora Johnson’s thrillers ‘The Girl in the Red Dress’, ‘No Way Back’, ‘Landscape of Lies’, ‘Retribution’, ‘Soul Stealer’, ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-johnson.net) Amazon (€0.99) and iBookstore. All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity. columnists@euroweeklynews.com

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LEGALLY SPEAKING Yet still more on wealth tax I read your comments on wealth tax with i nt erest as I have an apart m ent i n Los Boliches and have been paying wealth tax on this for the last 35 years. I am non-resident as I live in England. I would appreciate your thoughts.

CG (Costa del Sol)

David Searl Spain’s tax on You and the Law capital assets, in Spain the so-called ‘wealth tax’ (Impuesto sobre el Patrimonio) was passed into law in 1977 by the new government of Spain after Franco died. Spaniards and residents had exemptions on the value of their principal residence and on the first portion of any other assets. Non-residents however had no exemptions and had to pay from the first peseta of valuation.

The tax is quite low, starting at .002, or two-10ths of 1 per cent. If your flat was worth €100,000, your annual wealth tax would be €200. From 2008 to 2010, the government passed tax relief of 100 per cent, so no one had to pay.

In 2011 the tax relief was cancelled. Since 2016, non-resident property owners share in the resident exemption on the first €700,000 of value, so you should not be paying it any more.

Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.

France, Kerber, Djokovic and singing kids Photo credit BBC/ITV

Nora Johnson

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THE VOICE KIDS: Judges Danny Jones, Pixie Lott, Will.i.am and presenter Emma Willis. not, there is help out there, no really there is) you probably found yourself watching ITV’s The Voice Kids. The show kicked off last Saturday and is running across eight consecutive days. It broadly follows the format of the adult show, with three music industry heavyweights and of course, Emma Wills hosting.

Will.i.am is the only judge to make it over from the adult show. He is supported by Pixie Lott, you

might remember her from Strictly and Danny Jones. I had to Google Danny. He was in a Boy Band, McFly, apparently.

You have to admire the courage the kids have to be able to sing on national TV. The Voice Kids, ITV, continues Thursday-Saturday this week.

ITV treated us to the opening episode of series three of Unforgotten on Sunday night. Now, I’ve friends who are ex-police officers, hola Jimmy and Keith, but brilliant as they are, I’m not sure even they could pull together a six-part mystery, of a Sunday night, with only a piece of hip bone to start their investigations.

Sanjeev Bhaskar and Nicola Walker star as detectives Sunny and Cassie who test the friendship of, to be honest, a random group of people who seem to be in the frame for the crime. This is solid Sunday night viewing though and you can keep up with what is happening on ITV, Sunday at 10pm.

Happy Viewing.

GENUINE AFFECTION: Angelique Kerber and Serena Williams.

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10:15am Wanted Down Under 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Heir Hunters with Michael Buerk 12:45pm The Farmer's Country Showdown 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Red Rock 3:30pm Escape to the Country 4:30pm Celebrity Money for Nothing 5:15pm Flog It! 6:15pm Impossible 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Elephants on the Move 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm The Fake Murder that Fooled the World – Panorama 10:00pm Who Do You Think You Are? 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm Regional News and Weather 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Regional News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Give it a Year 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Lewis 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm Regional News and Weather 11:45pm Long Lost Family Australia 12:45am Our Shirley Valentine Summer

9:00am 10:00am 12:00pm 12:30pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 2:45pm 3:30pm 4:15pm 5:15pm 6:15pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 12:10am 12:15am 1:15am 1:45am 2:45am

Antiques Roadshow Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live The Week in Parliament The Daily Politics Perfection Getting the Builders in For What It's Worth Nature's Weirdest Events Madagascar Antiques Road Trip Eggheads Great British Railway Journeys Back in Time for Tea Nadiya's Family Favourites University Challenge Versailles QI Newsnight Weather The Five Billion Pound Super Sewer Puppy Love Back to the Land with Kate Humble This is BBC Two

8:10am Who's Doing the Dishes?

9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Coronation Street 9:55am Coronation Street 10:25am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:20am The Bachelorette 12:15pm You've Been Framed!

Gold 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:55pm Judge Rinder 7:00pm Take Me Out 8:30pm You've Been Framed!

Gold 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Superstore 10:00pm Love Island 11:05pm Family Guy 11:35pm Family Guy 12:05am Family Guy 12:30am American Dad!

8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm Royal Welsh Show 9:00pm Nature's Miracle Orphans 10:00pm Crossing England in a Punt: River of Dreams 11:00pm Storyville Series showcasing the best in international documentaries.

12:15am Rise of the Continents In the second episode, Professor Iain Stewart uncovers the mysterious history of Australia 1:15am Rise of the Continents 2:15am Natural World Special 3:15am Crossing England in a Punt: River of Dreams

9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:35am Frasier 11:05am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:00pm The Simpsons 12:30pm The Simpsons 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Find it, Fix it, Flog it 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 5:00pm The £100k Drop 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 6:30pm The Simpsons 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Dispatches 9:30pm How to Get Rich Quick 10:00pm Our Guy in Russia 11:00pm Who is America?

11:40pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 12:45am Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back 1:35am 60 Days in Jail

9:55am Nella the Princess Knight 10:05am Mofy 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm On Benefits: Breadline Brits 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime National and international news.

1:15pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm Cagney and Lacey 4:15pm Past Malice: An Emma Fielding Mystery 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Sinkholes 9:00pm Police Interceptors 10:00pm Crimewave 2018: Lawless Britain 11:00pm Law and Disorder: The Live Debate 12:05am Fights, Camera, Action: Citizens Arrest

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Murder, She Wrote ITV3 Nightscreen Classic Coronation Street Classic Coronation Street Heartbeat The Royal Judge Judy Judge Judy George and Mildred Agatha Christie's Marple The Royal Heartbeat Classic Coronation Street Classic Coronation Street Agatha Christie's Marple Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Agatha Christie's Marple Foyle's War A Touch of Frost ITV3 Nightscreen Teleshopping

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Teleshopping The Chase The Chase Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Professionals Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder Tour De France 2018 - Highlights The Sweeney The Professionals Cash Cowboys Tour De France 2018 - Highlights Road Racing Series Benidorm An Audience with Billy Connolly Rugby World Cup 7s 2018 Highlights Motorsport UK The Sweeney The Motorbike Show Teleshopping

Keanu Hancock Iron Man 3 Independence Day: Resurgence 3:00pm Fast and Furious 8 5:20pm I Am Legend 7:15pm Hancock 9:00pm Independence Day: Resurgence 11:00pm Fast and Furious 8 1:30am I Am Legend 3:15am Armageddon

9:50am Made of Honour 11:40am Mamma Mia - Here We Go Again: Special 12:10pm Gulliver's Travels 1:40pm Mean Girls 2 3:25pm Baywatch 5:30pm Chips: Law and Disorder 7:20pm Gulliver's Travels 9:00pm Baywatch 11:05pm Chips: Law and Disorder 12:50am White Chicks

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Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Black-Ish Black-Ish How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Young and Hungry Young and Hungry The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks The Goldbergs Young Sheldon The Big Bang Theory The Bourne Legacy The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Gogglebox

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Special Sky Movies takes a behind-the-scenes look at the latest trip into JK Rowling's wizarding world.

7:00am Realive 9:00am Same Kind of Different as Me 11:10am The Shanghai Job 1:00pm Thor: Ragnarok 3:20pm Daphne 5:05pm Same Kind of Different as Me 7:15pm The Shanghai Job 9:00pm Thor: Ragnarok 11:15pm Daphne 12:50am An Ordinary Man A Bosnian Serb army general accused of war crimes and forced to go into hiding develops a relationship with his young maid.

2:35am 22 Chaser 4:30am Realive

MONDAY TV

6:00am 7:00am 7:30am 8:00am 9:00am 9:30am 9:40am 11:15am 11:35am 11:55am 8:00pm 12:00am 12:30am 1:00am 2:00am 5:15am 5:30am

Sky Sports News Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize Good Morning Sports Fans Good Morning Sports Fans My Icon Live Anz Premiership Netball Coaching Clinic with Rob Key Coaching Clinic with Rob Key Cricket Live Darts: World Matchplay Dillian Whyte: Whyte Hot Boxing Sky Sports News Live WWE Late Night Raw WWE From the Vault More Than a Game

10:00am SPFL Greatest Games 10:30am SPFL Round Up 11:00am Play-Off Final Highlights 12:00pm One2eleven 12:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 1:00pm Football's Greatest 1:30pm Football's Greatest Teams 2:00pm EFL Goals: Championship 2:30pm EFL Goals: Leagues 1&2 3:00pm Championship Season Review 4:00pm Football's Greatest 4:30pm Football's Greatest Teams 5:00pm SPFL Greatest Games 5:25pm Info not available 7:30pm EFL Greatest Games 8:00pm EFL Goals: Championship 8:30pm EFL Goals: Leagues 1&2 9:00pm SPFL Round Up 9:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 9:45pm SPFL Greatest Games 10:00pm Info not available 12:05am MLS Round Up Show 12:35am MLS Greatest Games

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7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Wanted Down Under 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Heir Hunters with Michael Buerk 12:45pm The Farmers' Country Showdown 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Red Rock 3:30pm Escape to the Country 4:30pm Celebrity Money for Nothing 5:15pm Flog It! 6:15pm Impossible 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm Our Girl 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:30pm BBC London News 11:45pm Stacey Dooley Investigates 12:30am I Shot My Parents 1:30am Weather for the Week Ahead 1:35am BBC News

4:55am ITV Nightscreen 6:05am The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 9:00pm Love Your Garden 10:00pm Long Lost Family Australia 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pm The Frankenstein Chronicles 12:50am Killer Women with Piers Morgan 1:40am Jackpot247 4:00am Loose Women 4:50am ITV Nightscreen

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Flog it! Trade Secrets Bargain Hunt Heir Hunters with Michael Buerk How the NHS Changed Our World Caught Red Handed Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live The Daily Politics The Super League Show Getting the Builders in For What It's Worth Nature's Weirdest Events Madagascar Antiques Road Trip Eggheads Great British Railway Journeys Back in Time for Tea Inside the Factory The Five Billion Pound Super Sewer Live at the Apollo Newsnight No More Boys and Girls: Can Our Kids Go Gender Free?

Animals Behaving Badly

4:15am This is BBC Four 8:00pm Beyond 100 Days The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective.

8:30pm The Royal Welsh Show 2018 9:00pm Andrew Marr's History of the World 10:00pm Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema 11:00pm The Lavender Hill Mob One of the most famous of the 1950s Ealing comedies.

12:20am Cardinal 1:00am Cardinal 1:45am Vienna: Empire, Dynasty and Dream In the final episode, Simon Sebag Montefiore follows the Habsburgs to their dramatic demise.

2:45am Sync or Swim 3:45am Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema 4:45am This is BBC Four

9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Coronation Street 10:25am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:20am The Bachelor 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:55pm Judge Rinder 7:00pm Take Me Out 8:00pm You've Been Framed!

Gold 8:30pm You've Been Framed!

Gold 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Superstore 10:00pm Love Island 11:05pm Family Guy 11:30pm Family Guy 12:05am Family Guy 12:30am American Dad! 1:00am American Dad! 1:30am Two and a Half Men 1:55am Superstore 2:25am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records

3:30am Teleshopping 7:00am Classic Coronation Street Tina quite enjoys Eddie following her around. Mike gets bored with not working 7:30am Classic Coronation Street 8:00am Heartbeat 9:00am The Royal 10:05am Judge Judy 10:30am Judge Judy 11:00am George and Mildred 11:35am Agatha Christie's Marple 1:35pm The Royal 2:35pm Heartbeat 3:40pm Classic Coronation Street 4:15pm Classic Coronation Street 4:45pm Agatha Christie's Marple 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm Foyle's War 1:00am A Touch of Frost 3:00am ITV3 Nightscreen 3:30am Teleshopping

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My Kitchen Rules Countdown King of Queens King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA The Simpsons The Simpsons Channel 4 News Come Dine with Me Find it, Fix it, Flog it Countdown A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun The £100k Drop Come Dine with Me The Simpsons The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Ackley Bridge 999: What's Your Emergency?

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Teleshopping The Chase The Chase Cash Cowboys Storage Wars Tour De France 2018 - Highlights Barcelona's European Glory Tour De France 2018 The first of three days in the Pyrenees with three mountain passes before a twisting descent.

The Professionals Cash Cowboys Tour De France 2018 - Highlights Road Racing Series The Bourne Identity FYI Daily The Bourne Identity Saw FYI Daily Saw Ax Men Tommy Cooper ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

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Paw Patrol Floogals Digby Dragon Nella the Princess Knight Mofy The Wright Stuff On Benefits 5 News Lunchtime GPs: Behind Closed Doors Access Home and Away Neighbours Cagney and Lacey A Wife's Nightmare 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight The Wonderful World of Puppies The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies Traffic Cops Gangland The Football Factory Super Casino GPs: Behind Closed Doors Britain's Greatest Bridges House Doctor

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The A-Team Battleship Behind Enemy Lines The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 7:00pm The A-Team 9:00pm Battleship 11:15pm Machete 1:15am Behind Enemy Lines 3:15am Smokey and the Bandit

4:35am Revenge of the Nerds 6:15am Dragnet 8:15am Failure to Launch 10:00am American Pie 11:45am Going in Style 1:30pm Splash 3:30pm The Brits are Coming 5:15pm Why Him? 7:15pm The Ugly Truth 9:00pm Going in Style 10:45pm American Pie 12:30am Why Him? 2:30am Wilson 4:15am Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

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Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Black-Ish Black-Ish How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Young and Hungry Young and Hungry The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Gotham Supernatural The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Gogglebox

6:00am Sky Sports News 7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 7:30am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 11:00am Live ATP 500: Hamburg Day two of the German Tennis Championships from the Rothenbaum Tennis Center in Hamburg 7:30pm Sky Sports News at 6 8:00pm Live Darts: World Matchplay Day four of the BetVictor World Matchplay Darts from the Winter Gardens, Blackpool.

1:00am Dillian Whyte: Heavy Duty 1:30am Dillian Whyte: Whyte Hot 2:00am Live WWE Late Night Smackdown 4:00am Sky Sports News

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Tourist tax will alienate many visitors MY wife and I have just returned from a holiday in Mallorca (first went to Mallorca in 1999 and every year since apart from a three-year gap).

Before anything else at the hotel we were asked to pay the tourist tax which had doubled from last year, so having paid nearly €80 without any benefit to us at all and without any previous information as to what the Tourist Tax was likely to be, it set us thinking.

Where are the monies?

How much has accumulated since the tourist tax was instigated?

What are the monies being used for?

The pavements in Palma Nova are in a terrible state, you cannot walk for more than 25 metres and I am being generous here, before you meet cracked paving, misaligned paving, crumbling concrete, raised iron rings around the trees, depressed areas of pavement.

We do not own any property in Mallorca, but I am quite sure that the rental ban on apartments will be a devastating blow to the economy, several friends of ours have sold up and come back to England.

HAVE YOUR SAY

People of Mallorca unite and vote for a mayor and president who are not blind to the devastating effect that this tourist tax and rental ban will do to the Mallorcan economy.

My wife and I will not be returning to Mallorca in this present situation.

Peter Higgins, Pontefract, West Yorkshire

Why can’t councils control noise?

Building consents

WHEN is Calpe Council going to protect the residents of the town from the noise of private building work at all hours of the day?

We have endured three months of non-stop extremely high pitched continual noise from angle grinders and electric drills. This is on top of constant banging from hammers and bolsters and the grinding of a cement mixer all day.

This starts from the bawling of work men at each other when they first arrive at eight o’clock in the morning and commence work with the tools and continue until they depart at 6.30pm in the evening.

This goes on five days a week, week after week.

There is totally no consideration from this non-resident in what is a normally peaceful residential area.

Appeals to moderate the inconvenience are met with a refusal to comply. The noise is such during this time

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IRRITATING: The constant building noise. that you cannot hear the radio, TV, or concentrate to use a computer.

Surely Calpe Council can provide regulation of the hours in which this type of activity can be conducted and offer its residents some relief from this unacceptable behaviour.

Peter Gallagher, Calpe

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Brit survives 7-floor fall from Mallorca hotel after row It’s past time that these hotel balcony rails were properly inspected for correct height! We know the last two we stayed in were not totally safe!

Ian

Outrage over ‘looky looky’ men in southern Spain If the police were empowered to confiscate the items they were selling that would soon stop them. Authorities are so often scared to act though for fear of being accused of being racist.

John

Comments from EWN online When they say ‘racism’ what they really mean is the ethnic-European’s right to promote his ethnicity and to secure it. Every race prefers its own kind but only the whites are condemned for doing so.

Michael Walsh

Confiscate all illegal pirate versions, and the problems will fade away very quickly.

Joona

Borrell hints that Spain could try to block Gibraltar from Brexit transition

If people didn’t buy off the looky looky men then they would have to pack up and leave.

Julie

This won’t happen. Spain needs the UK more than the UK needs Spain.

Ken Clarke

Claims that Amazon may serve as a platform for racist products

Ryanair pilots announce another 24-hour strike this week

Censorship, plain and simple. Those who accuse the ‘Nazis’ of book burning do so in far greater numbers.

Thousands of book titles openly sold in the latter decades of the 20th century have been quietly moved.

What are Ryanair playing at?? Don’t they know that happy staff make good staff? Not only losing staff but customers too!

We are looking for alternative flights in the future,

those with one cost, no hidden extras.

Karen Goode Why oh why are people still booking Ryanair??? I will never use them again. They cause so much heartache to oh so many people!!!!

Maggie Hayes

Drivers using mobile phones to receive heavier punishment in Spain Needs to be at least a €1,000 fine and banned for at least three/four years.

Lynne Utting With all the technology we have and hands free there’s no excuse.

Paul Gilding Everyday I must see 10-15 people with a phone to their ear, I drive a Ford Transit with Bluetooth and it’s 2011. Most of these people would have Bluetooth in their cars, they just need to understand how to use it.

Nick Earl Hobbs Ainley They need to start stopping them first, no good increasing the fine when they seem to do nothing to stop it in the Estepona area.

Kevin Airey

SEVERAL months ago a friend in the UK wrote to ask me if it was true that the chiringuitos at Punta Prima beach had been closed down, apparently over licensing problems.

I replied that it did appear to be the case, according to press reports. However, at the time I thought it was rather strange and was possibly just an excuse for something else.

I recalled that a builder had fairly recently tried for planning permission along that stretch of coastline and the request had been turned down partly due to the fact that there are Civil War bunkers there and also that the land was not considered suitable for building on.

The next thing that we hear is that the chiringuitos are illegal, etc, etc and have got to close whilst the matter is resolved.

Many people thought I was being cynical and that the chiringuitos would soon reopen. Well we all know how that situation has been handled!

Now I have seen an article in the press saying that a builder has offered to refurbish the bunkers and maintain them which is all very nice of them. Oh, and he is also seemingly going to be allowed to now build two skyscrapers along that bit of coast. No mention of course about the reopening of the chiringuitos.

Barry Weston Playa Flamenca

Paloma Park IN response to Joe and Janet Calton, I live near Paloma Park and during and after the San Juan Feria held close by, plus the recent strong westerly winds has created this unfortunate situation with plastic bags being blown into the lake.

I can assure them that Benalmadena Council gardeners keep the park welltended and a pleasure to visit.

Brian Johnston, Benalmadena Costa

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YOUR STARS FOR NEXT 7 DAYS AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) You are in a romantic mood but something is missing from the picture. Its not that you’re feeling the need to have more than one string to your bow, it is more that you are tired of using the same old arrows. So, what is out there to fire your imagination? Something really new will not miss the mark with you.

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) This is a brilliant week for money and business. Mars is influencing you to be more upfront and practical in your approach. You may feel changes coming on that you would rather deny. Burying your head in the sand is not an option. Take the bull by the horns and you could be surprised at your success.

TINKERBELL EFFECT: Named after the fairy in Peter Pan.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20)

DID YOU KNOW? The Tinkerbell effect is an expression which describes things that are thought to exist only because people believe in them, like taking a placebo pill and feeling better because you think you have taken real medicine. It is named after Tinker Bell, the fairy in Peter Pan, who is revived from near death by the belief of the audience. Another form is the Reverse Tinkerbell effect, where the more you believe in something the more likely it is to vanish. For example, as more people believe that driving is safe, more people will drive carelessly, in turn making driving less safe.

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You will see the lighter side of life this week when you discover that someone is holding a torch for you. You are flattered and vaguely interested.

Your combination of intelligence and humour make you a delightful companion. Venus smiles on all your close relationships and you seem to be able to do no wrong.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) There is much to be tackled this week, but you are wary of making full-on decisions. Taking things one step at a time is the best policy because it gives you space to consider the options.

There is a restlessness about you that is hard to pinpoint.

Perhaps you are feeling positive but have to hold fire because of others. This is frustrating, but try to relax.

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Energy levels go up and down and you seek to ration yours by not going all-out physically. It is still possible to be quite dynamic while planning. Indeed, your clear vision impresses a colleague. If you are due for promotion then some good news is likely. Blow your own trumpet rather than wait for others to do it for you.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) The changes affecting you for the past few weeks continue but you are now getting better at managing their direction.

Someone wanting you to take a logical action should not be allowed to push you forward.

When to act will be clear to you.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Someone who has been unhelpful in the past suddenly steps forward. Could you have been wrong about them?

Probably not. Keep a clear mind when with them. Saturn influences you to be more organised before a bout of indecision strikes.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) The influence of Venus and Jupiter brings you the influence and status that you deserve. It's not that you haven't worked towards it but now you start to see the benefits. There is an urge to improve your appearance and surroundings to fit in with the 'new you'.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) During the past few weeks you may have gained a different perspective on life.

Your need for a close attachment and harmony in your life should not be underestimated or denied in the name of practicality.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) To be truly happy you need to build on your partnerships.

Keep these in balance and everything else will fall into place. Life has taught you some rather harsh lessons recently. The upshot of that is you now feel more in control and more secure.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) There is an all-consuming need to see some reward for all your efforts. There will be those who will tell you that you need to push harder for success.

Perhaps you need to be with more like-minded people.

Certainly being with the wrong colleagues can bring your spirits down.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) When needed you are sure to be positive this week. On a project, ‘striking while the iron is hot’ springs to mind. There is much fun to hand but it must be 'work first' at the moment. Some opportunities do not come twice and you need to be aware of them when they present themselves.

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Across 1 One who writes about British school rice (6) 4 South Staffordshire town is finely contoured (5) 8 Nothing going right sweetheart (5) 9 A game of bridge (7) 10 Wrong gear can mean bloodshed (7) 11 ‘Give up Pip’, we hear (4) 12 Mark comes back in custody (3) 14 Candid leaflet includes the unemployed (4) 15 Makes fun of cheap newspapers (4) 18 Health resort in Las Palmas (3) 21 Six balls and it’s finished (4) 23 Old jail’s new entrance (7) 25 Illegal trader rides in disguise (7) 26 Former international the French deport (5) 27 Perhaps the genre is immature (5) 28 A trail for a dog going up (6) Down 1 Close a helter-skelter, that’s a relief (6) 2 Churchman, the Queen and the journalist admired (7) 3 Ruined rare bags for banks (8) 4 Offspring noted for a piece of music (4) 5 Call up the first girl outside, all right! (5)

6 More benevolent juveniles in Germany (6) 7 The going rate of the drug (5) 13 Trailers without one with direction can be fishing boats (8) 16 Hard rock from Tangier (7) 17 Could well be this when

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 4 represents P and 15 represents J, so fill in P every time the figure 4 appears and J every time the figure 15 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

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working, how tedious (6) 19 King George in any cross (5) 20 Pick out first class (6) 22 The Spanish head of state, that is to say, is Doris’s sister (5) 24 Former prime minister’s garden (4)

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Across 1 Cook (4) 3 Internet scam (8) 9 Alphabetic characters (7) 10 Hebrew prophet (5) 11 Trap (5) 12 Exhilarated (6) 14 Nearly (6) 16 Chanted phrase (6) 19 Dire situation (6) 21 Frighten (5) 24 Young rabbit (5) 25 Organise (7) 26 Magician (8) 27 Organs of sight (4)

English - Spanish

Down 1 Salad dish (8) 2 Surplus (5) 4 Inexpensive lodging (6) 5 Polynesian island group (5) 6 Check (7) 7 Blast of air (4) 8 Alcove (6) 13 Unthinking (8) 15 Seaman (7) 17 Take in (6) 18 Get away (6) 20 Fashion (5) 22 Irritate (5) 23 Wading bird (4)

The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.

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Across 1 Sound (6) 4 Salvaje (planta, animal, tierra) (4) 8 Works (musical, teatro, literatura) (5) 9 Sand (5) 10 Forward (in position) (9) 13 Forma (figura) (5) 15 Lino (ropa) (5) 16 Nothing (4) 17 Passage (between buildings) (6)

Down 1 Lento (ritmo, movimiento, caída) (4) 2 North (side, part) (5) 3 Enfermedades (agentes concretos) (8) 5 Hielo (3) 6 Day (3) 7 Tablet (medicine) (8) 11 Round (of negotiations, drinks) (5) 12 Rodilla (4) 13 Without (3) 14 Añadir (3)

Hexagram

The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (WIGGLE) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

ANGLES APPEAL ASSERT CARVES DEMONS HEAVEN KITTEN POWDER PRINCE RAGING RIDDLE SEEING SHINES SIGHED SPEEDS TINDER VIGOUR WHITEN WIGGLE (10)

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Pebble 2 Beyond 3 Expert 4 Opaque 5 Excise 6 Pronto 7 Swampy 8 Ascent 9 Famine 10 Wisdom 11 Tiptoe 12 Iambic 13 Pagoda 14 Crayon 15 Baboon 16 Domain 17 Myriad 18 Moving 19 Tidbit.

Nonagram

Boggled How many English words can you find in the Boggled grid, according to the following rules?

• The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’.

They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

• Words must contain at least four letters and may include singular and plural or other derived forms.

• No letter may be used more than once within a single word, unless it appears twice.

• No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.

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How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case O) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

Fill all the empty squares using the numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the ‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once.

TARGET: • Average: 8 • Good: 11

• Very good: 16 • Excellent: 19

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1 Cycling, 5 Cesta, 8 Polilla, 9 Salud, 10 Noses, 11 Justice, 12/14 Buenas noches, 17 Parecer, 19 Guapa, 22 Amiga, 23 Coldest, 24 Eagle, 25 Scooter.

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1 Recites, 2 Swear, 3 Sardines, 5 Heir, 6 Shadows, 7 Doses, 8 Later, 13 Mastered, 15 Austere, 17 Rations, 18 Cower, 19 Capon, 21 Manor, 22 Mite.

1 Cupón, 2 Colas, 3 Iglesia, 4 Granja, 5 Cosas, 6 Selfish, 7 Address, 12 By plane, 13 Earring, 15 Orgullo, 16 Bricks, 18 Clave, 20 Agent, 21 After.

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7. What was title of the 1980 sequel to Every Which Way but Loose?

2. Which famous American actor sang I Talk to the Trees in the 1969 film Paint Your Wagon?

8. In 1989 film version of The Wizard of Oz, which character was searching for courage?

3. Coalminer’s Daughter was the title of a film concerning the life of which country singer?

4. From which classic 1941 film does the following line come, ‘I guess Rosebud is just the piece in a

9. Which 1940 full-length Walt Disney cartoon featured the songs Give a Little Whistle and When You Wish upon a Star?

jigsaw’?

10. From which 1969 film does the Bacharach and David song Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head

5. According to the 1968 film, who was the father of Rosemary’s Baby?

come?

6. In the 1963 film The Great Escape, what were the names given to the three tunnels?

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THE DEVIL, 6. TOM, DICK AND HARRY, 7. ANY WHICH WAY YOU CAN, 8.

THE LION, 9. PINOCCHIO, 10. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID.

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fame with the band Guns N’ Roses, performing lead guitar on hits such as Sweet Child O’ Mine, Paradise City and November Rain.

• Jennifer Lopez, Singer; July 24, 49 The singer is known for Waiting for Tonight and If You Had My Love and has sold more than 20 million albums worldwide. Born in New York City in the United States, she made her debut in films in My Little Girl in 1986 and later became a judge on American Idol.

• Matt LeBlanc, Actor, July 25, 51 LeBlanc played Joey Tribbiani in the TV series Friends and won a Golden Globe for Best TV Comedy Actor for his role in Episodes. Born in Newton, Massachusetts in the United States, he also previously had a stint on the British TV series Top Gear.

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• Benedict Cumberbatch, Actor; July 19, 42 including New York and Stone Cold Sober. She The London-born actor plays fictional detective began a judge on the British edition of The Sherlock Holmes in the TV series Sherlock and Voice in 2016 and has also featured in the film has landed roles in 12 Years a Slave and The The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.

Imitation Game. He spent a year teaching • Selena Gomez, Actor; July 22, 26 English in an Indian monastery before studying The actor was born in Grand Prairie, Texas in drama at the University of Manchester. the United States and rose to fame with the Selena Gomez.

• Anton du Beke, Dancer; July 20, 52 Disney series Wizards of Waverly Place. She Beke is known for appearing on the TV show went on to land roles in Spy Kids 3, Walker Strictly Come Dancing and he has also presented a Texas Ranger and has also had a successful solo show Hole in the Wall. Born in Sevenoaks in England, music career and with band Selena Gomez & the he won the International Dancer Teachers Association Scene.

Classic in 2003.

• Slash, Musician; July 23, 53 Slash was born Saul Hudson in Hampstead in England • Paloma Faith, Singer; July 21, 37 and later moved to the United States. The guitarist found Faith’s singing career has resulted in five hit singles

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This week in history

WHEN an 11-year-old boy is found murdered in a town park, eyewitnesses point to the town’s popular Little League coach, Terry Maitland, a well-loved family man, as the culprit.

DNA evidence and fingerprints confirm this. Horrified by the brutal killing, Detective Ralph Anderson, whose own son was once coached by Maitland, orders the suspect to be arrested in a public spectacle.

But Maitland has an alibi, as it is proved he was out of town that day. As Anderson and the District Attorney trace the clues, the investigation goes from Ohio to Texas. And as horrifying answers begin to emerge, so King’s propulsive story of almost unbearable suspense kicks into high gear. Terry Maitland seems a nice guy but there is one hard fact: a man cannot be in two places at the same time. Can he?

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1545 -King Henry VIII of England watches his flagship, Mary Rose, capsize in the Solent as it leaves to battle the French. It is now in drydock in Portsmouth.

1799 - The Rosetta Stone, a tablet with hieroglyphic translations into Greek, is found in Egypt.

1588 - The Spanish Armada sets sail from Corunna to escort an army from Flanders to invade England.

1715 - The Riot Act goes into effect in England, declaring any group of 12 or more people to be unlawfully assembled.

1944 - Adolf Hitler is wounded in an assassination attempt by German Army officers at his field headquarters near Rastenburg.

1919 - The British House of Lords ratifies the Versailles Treaty ending the war between Germany and the Allied Powers.

1298 - King Edward I defeats the Scots under William Wallace at Falkirk.

1812 - A British army under the Duke of Wellington defeats the French at Salamanca, Spain.

1789 - Thomas Jefferson becomes the first head of the US Department of Foreign Affairs.

1894 - The first competitive automobile race takes place between Paris and Rouen, France.

1865 - William Booth founds the Salvation Army, an international charitable organisation.

1974 - The Supreme Court rules that President Richard Nixon must surrender the Watergate tapes.

1978 - The first test-tube baby, Louise Brown, is born in Oldham, England.

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Her husband, Ron, is loving and works hard, but he doesn’t realise the demands that motherhood puts on his wife. When the baby girl, Mia, is born, Marlo’s wealthy brother Craig hires a nighttime nanny called Tully to help his sister out. Hesitant at first, Marlo soon learns to appreciate all that Tully does - forming a special bond with her new, lifesaving friend.

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THE healthcare industry is one of the sectors with the most promising future in the economy of the Valencian Community.

The rapid growth in recent decades in terms of training of human talent and infrastructure investments have made it to excel in the country and there is an ever-increasing influx of Spanish and foreign patients seeking healthcare. The wonderful personal care, cutting-edge technologies and qualified healthcare personnel at hand stand out.

Quironsalud hospitals are international hospitals of excellence, equipped with teams of highly qualified professionals and cutting-edge technology.

They provide you with a wide range of medical specialities, hence making them an internationally recognised multidisciplinary centre both in the field of oncology surgery as well as in the other medical and surgical specialities.

Having cutting-edge technology they are, at present, the best equipped private hospitals in the Valencian Community.

With over 25 years of experience, around 800 people have worked and are working every day to provide care to their patients. Given their locations in Valencia City centre and Torrevieja in the tourist town par excellence, they have become a benchmark for health tourism and foreign citizens who seek to settle in these places.

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THE INTERNATIONAL CHOICE: Quironsalud Torrevieja.

Leading the ranking Francisco Fiestras, the managing director of Quironsalud Levante Region, said: “We are pioneers in international patient care and have developed a healthcare management system in line with the needs of our patients.”

Mr Fiestras added: “We have a team of renowned physicians plus cutting-edge technology and experience, which constitute the key features to provide a healthcare

service of excellence.”

Quironsalud Torrevieja Hospita received the ‘Highly Recommended’ Best International Hospital award in the Best International Hospital category at the worldwide IMTJ Medical Travel Awards 2017 for the care it provides to international patients.

Thus Quironsalud hospitals are benchmark international hospitals in the Valencian Community, offering a special approach to international patients,

so that patients always feel at home and receive information as accurately as possible, paying attention to communication and various cultural idiosyncrasies of each patient.

Total international guidance Hyperspecialisation, be it in terms of treatments or in specific countries, as well as ‘total guidance’ of the entire hospital for the international patient, are the keys for successfully attracting citizens from other national-

ities who wish to undergo any kind of medical treatment outside their home country.

Mr Fiestras explained: “Any hospital that wants to be an international facility must be oriented and set this way right from the beginning, what necessarily happens at an international admissions department that respects the culture of those patients, as it does not make sense to treat a Russian or an Arab or a French patient exactly in the same fashion.”

He emphasised that the hospitals are dealing with international patients who travel and seek excellent care involving the least bureaucracy. They want to find all the facilities for their transfer and treatment including, for example, translation services or the presence of a prior free flow of communication with them so that on the same day of arrival they may be able to undergo the necessary tests, their case can be assessed by the medical team, and if possible, to begin treatment on that same day.

This requires that care is absolutely oriented towards that type of patient.

“All diagnostic tests are done based on a protocol so that everything is done on time, undergo a clinical session with professionals to determine the treatment to be applied, and start it,” he said.

At Quironsalud, the international department is open 24 hours a day to cater to patients in any language at any time.

The hospitals also have specific wards for international patients and offer a translation service with eight interpreters at Quironsalud Torrevieja and five at Quironsalud Valencia.

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www.euroweeklynews.com A MOTHER is said to be furious that her son got so badly burned after using Asda’s factor 50 sun cream.

Nicola Hadley, 47, from West Bromwich bought Asda’s factor 50 sunscreen to use during the heatwave in England.

However, after applying the cream regularly, her 10-year-old son Aaron Boyes was left ‘in tears.’

Nicola said: “My son is not the first child this has happened to, but he should be the last. I put the sun cream on him before school and topped it

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up when he came home.” She continued, “I do not expect my son to be crying in pain because of a product I should be able to trust.”

The company has received numerous complaints about the sun lotion, with Karen Trett from Milton Keynes, claiming her daughters were burnt on holiday in Mallorca having used the same factor 50 sunscreen.

A spokesman from Asda has said its product complies with all the industry standards.

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This Bachelor of Dental Surgery who qualified at the University of Sheffield offers general dentistry, including implants, crowns, bridges and dentures, as well as a sedation service for nervous patients.

After his training, he travelled to Spain and set up his practice in Alfaz del Pi where he offers every service except for orthodontics, but has a specialist who is available to assist his patients.

It is now more than 20 years since he set up and this dedicated dentist has built up a strong reputation for offering honest,

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Advertising Feature THOSE who enjoy wine know that some of the finest Spanish wines come from the Rioja region.

History tells us that in the Middle Ages, Mediterranean wine culture was closely linked to the monastic life and their major promoters were the monks.

The Rioja area is no exception and there is a great deal of local pride in the fact that Gonzalo de Berceo, the first poet who wrote in the Romance language, mentioned wine in the verses he wrote from his retreat in the Suso Monastery in San Millán de la Cogolla.

The first document to make reference to protecting and ensuring the quality of Rioja wines dates from 1650, but even earlier, in 1102, King Sancho of Navarra legally recognised the quality and importance of these prestigious wines.

The Royal Economic Society Rioja Grower was created in 1787 with the aim of promoting the cultivation of vines, wine production and trade development.

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The exquisite aroma and taste of By the early 20th century, in 1902, a Royal Decree was issued which defined the ‘origin’ for application to the wines of Rioja.

Then 1926 saw the creation of the Control Board whose mission was

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Rioja wine. to identify the area of Rioja, control the issuance of the ‘seal of guarantee’ and recommend when appropriate, legal action be taken against infringers and counterfeiters of the

Flavoursome lamb

by Andrew Harding I THOUGHT I would talk about vitamins and minerals over the next few weeks, why we need them and what they actually do. There are 13 vitamins that are essential to maintain health in humans: Vitamins A, C, D, E, K and the B vitamins: Thiamine (B1), riboflavin (B2), niacin (B3), pantothenic acid (B5), pyroxidine (B6), biotin (B7), folate (B9) and cobalamin (B12). The four fat-soluble vitamins-A, D, E, and K-are stored in the body’s fatty tissues, which is why some fat in the diet is necessary.

Vitamin A, also known as retinol, has several important functions. These include ensuring the immune system works properly, helping vision in dim light and keeping skin and the lining of some parts of the body, such as the nose, healthy.

Foods that contain vitamin A include dairy products, eggs, oily fish, liver and liver pate.

The body can synthesise Vitamin A from a compound called beta-carotene which is found in non-fatty foods such as yellow, red and green (leafy) vegetables, such as spinach, carrots, sweet potatoes and red peppers and yellow fruit, such as mango, papaya and apricots.

name ‘Rioja.’

It wasn’t however until 1945 that the agency was given a legal status.

Finally, the Control Board was constituted in 1953, and thus began to lay the foundations for a modern and efficient performance by t h e growers.

Highly important in the evolution which led to the present Rioja wine is the approval in 1970 of the Rules of the Appellation of Origin and its Regulatory Board. In the same year the agency

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Vitamin A is toxic in large quantities and pregnant women should avoid pate due to possible harm to the unborn baby.

Here is a recipe that will provide plenty of vitamin A and flavour: • Roasted Vegetables Serves 4 - 4 whole carrots, sliced - 6 tablespoons olive oil - 1 large red onion, quartered - 6 whole garlic cloves, peeled - 2 whole green peppers - 2 small cauliflower florets - 2 whole leeks sliced - 7 large mushroom caps, sliced - 2 small broccoli florets Put carrots and olive oil into an oven proof dish, coat carrots with oil and cover with foil or lid.

Place in oven pre-heated to 180 Celsius (fan) 200 Celsius (conventional) for

10 minutes.

Add cauliflower, onions and stir to coat with oil. Cover again and put back in oven for 5 minutes.

Add leeks, garlic, green pepper, mushrooms and broccoli stir again to coat with oil and cover bake for 20 more minutes.

Serve • Rack of Lamb with a Garlic and Herb Crust Serves 4 - 4 racks of lamb - 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard - 6 whole garlic cloves, skinned and chopped - 2 cups bread crumbs - 2 teaspoons dried parsley - 2 teaspoons dried tarragon - 2 teaspoons dried sage - salt and pepper, to taste Make sure the lamb has all the fat removed. Coat in a mixture of garlic and dijon mustard.

Mix the herbs and salt and pepper with the breadcrumbs and sprinkle over the mustard coating on the lamb, where they should stick.

Place in a preheated oven at 200 Celsius (fan) 220 Celsius (conventional) for 1/2 hour (very rare) 3/4 hour (medium) 1 hour (well done).

Serve.

acquired a well-defined structure and clear functions described as ‘The defence of the Denomination of Origin, implementation, monitoring and promoting the quality of the wines covered were mandated, first, the Control Board.’

After several amendments to the Regulation Governing the Control Board, which have been adapted to the needs raised in recent years, quality control systems have been perfected and there has been an enhancement of the promotion of the brand.

Following a long process in which the Denomination of Origin ‘Rioja’ always concentrated on the quality and control at source, this effort received recognition as on April 3, 1991 a Ministerial Order granted the status of Qualified Denomination of Origin to ‘Rioja’ which was the first and only in Spain to receive this recognition.

To find out more about the range of Rioja wines, visit https://saberquieneres.riojawine.com.

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PASTORA SOLER: In concert.

THERE is just time to purchase tickets for the return of Pastora Soler to Benidorm when she appears at the Benidorm Palace on Sunday.

She has been looking after her baby for the last two years and having conquered a bad case of stage fright she is back performing and getting ready to record another new album.

Her latest album La Calma, her 12th went to number one in the Spanish charts and her return has been welcomed by fans throughout the country.

Starting as a Flamenco singer at the age of eight, she has become a very popular Spanish entertainer who represented Spain in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest.

The multi award-winner has worked with some of the best names in Spanish pop including Alejandro Sanz, Raphael, Monica Naranjo, Armando Manzanero, Malú, David Bustamante and Miguel Poveda.

The artist from Sevilla has been performing professionally for more than 20 years and tickets for her concert at the Benidorm Palace cost from €25 to €39 on the venue website.

Just two weeks later, on Sunday August 5, another well-respected Spanish singer, Nina Pastori will be appearing at the same venue.

She is also promoting a new 11-song album and tickets for this concert cost from €32 to €55 from the Benidorm Palace website.

3 Powerful female artists THE work of three tremendous female painters will be displayed in the Sala Ramón de Soto of the Frax Foundation in L’Alfas del Pi until Saturday August 5.

The Tres exhibition contains a group of paintings by artists Teresa Brotons, Sari Miró and Rosa Ripoll.

It brings the work of these three women who have dedicated their lives to expressing their creativity on canvas. Three women from different backgrounds, speaking different languages and with divergent views, but their paintings reflect their characters, their lives and their inspirations.

Teresa Brotons has mastered a number of styles, but has concentrated on abstract expressionism for this exhibition. Rosa Ripoll is an artist with clear impressionist influence that presents landscapes and intimate

scene whilst Sari Miró believes that for her artistic evolution she must not take

refuge in the known but should explore what is possible.

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Hammering it home Mike Senker In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man DO any of you watch a BBC programme called Homes Under the Hammer? I do, and it amazes me how they buy a property for usually silly money and most people have never bought an investment property before.

How it works is the presenters show the viewers some dump that needs a total refurb then they show you the punter buying it at an auction. They go to the house together and you get told that they are going to put in a new bathroom, new kitchen, rewire, put in new heating, rip a lean-to out and replaster basically everything. ‘What’s your budget and time frame?’ they are asked and this is what flabbergasts me. ‘Yeah, I’ve got a six grand budget and I’ll do it in a month.’ WHAT? HOW? I don’t understand how they do it.

They buy the house for say 50 grand. They go back a month later and BOOM the place now looks like a palace. Then they’re asked, ‘Did you stick to your budget?’... ‘Well no, I spent an extra three quid because we needed a new roof.’ I’m being sarcastic now! Then they get the estate agent back and get a new valuation. Now the house is worth 90 grand and the

rental income will give them 8 per cent. Simple isn’t it? Well let me tell you it isn’t that simple. I wish they would show you the horror stories too. The ones where the punters get it all wrong like what happens in real life. Because I know that it isn’t that easy.

Sure if you are a builder and you can do stuff yourself it’s OK but once you get tradesmen in it can be a nightmare. I’m going to suggest to the Beeb a show called ‘Horror Houses Under The Hammer (The Nightmare Continues)’ where they buy the gaff, get ripped off by the builder and can’t sell it. They do their brains and have it repossessed by the building society. You know, just like real life.

There’s always one isn’t there? You know the one that tells you, ‘tomatoes are actually a fruit not a vegetable.’ Err yeah, I know that! smart a**e ‘And so are cucumbers, bell peppers and avocados plus a few others. Did you know strawberries and raspberries aren’t berries?’ OK stop now mate, you are getting on my nerves.

But still they carry on. ‘Mountain goats aren’t really goats and killer whales never kill much at all and definitely not humans. White rhinos aren’t white at all, not even remotely white.’ I walk away when he gets on to Sperm whales!

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THE former king of Spain, Juan Carlos I, bought multiple overseas properties through his alleged lover Princess Corinna zu SaynWittgenstein, according to claims made by her in a leaked recording.

In a 2015 conversation with a former Spanish police officer in London, Princess Corinna alleged that the king’s lawyers put her name on overseas properties without her permission, complaining that she was being drawn into ‘money laundering.’

The 53-year-old princess, who obtained her title from her second marriage, also claimed that that Juan Carlos I held bank accounts in Switzerland in the name of his cousin, Alvaro Orleans de Borbon.

The allegations are the latest controversies to spring from the long-reputed relationship between the Mona-

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Juan Carlos I in property scandal

ROYAL SCANDAL: The allegations are an embarrassment for Juan Carlos I.

co-based princess and Juan Carlos I, who has an estimated fortune of up to €2 billion.

Princess Corinna, an adviser to Prince Albert of Monaco, was named in the Spanish press as the then king’s lover after she was seen in his company during a secret 2012 elephant hunting trip in Botswana.

It is an incident that is widely seen as the beginning of the fall of Juan Carlos I, who abdicated in 2014 at the age of 76.

Princess Corinna claimed the properties had been put in her name not ‘because he loves me a lot, but because I reside in Monaco,’ where such assets do not have to be publicly declared.

The Spanish palace has not commented on last week’s reports, and Alvaro Orleans de Borbon has denied the claims.

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THE Spanish billionaire and founder of Zara is set to buy the Adelphi - a Grade II listed building in central London for about €680 million, weeks after losing out on buying another prominent building in the capital.

Amancio Ortega, 82, founder of the Inditex fashion empire that includes the retailer Zara, is understood to be the preferred bidder for the

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At the moment it is home to the music-streaming service Spotify, as well as Conde Nast, The Economist, and Finsbury, the public relations company.

Mr Ortega is the ninth richest person in the world, and is worth €58.7 billion, but no final decision to sell the property to him has been taken.

The building is owned by Blackstone, America’s largest private equity firm, which bought the site in 2012 for €294 million.

The 1938 building has been restored to its art deco glory with Travertine marble surfaces and etched glass panels, while the four sculptures that frame the Adelphi and which were designed by the sculptor Gilbert Led-

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Pontegadea recently made a €1.13 billion bid for Goldman Sachs’ London headquarters but missed out to South Korea’s National Pension Service, a sovereign wealth fund.

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Ortega makes €680 million Adelphi bid FASHIONABLE PURCHASE: The sale would be a significant move from Mr Ortega. remaining space.

The private equity group has completed a huge refurbishment of the site, which is

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Tenants’ rights are building SPAIN is introducing a series of measures to strengthen legal protection for people who rent their homes.

Home-building, boosted by foreign investment, is thriving in the country, 10 years after a property bubble burst, and the new Socialist government is now looking to rein in some areas of the market.

Development Minister Jose Luis Abalos said: “We need to make sure housing stock is mainly allocated to satisfying the right to housing, safeguarding its social function.”

Buyers of rented property will have to respect the terms of existing tenants’ contracts, avoiding the post-crisis situation where cash-strapped councils sold social housing to private equity firms

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Mr Abalos also proposed regulatory and fiscal measures to encourage owners of empty properties to let them.

He announced that over the next four to six years, 20,000 affordable homes for rent will be built, adding to a supply which currently makes up for just 2.5 per cent of Spanish housing stock, according to the OECD. This compares with 14 per cent in France and 18 per cent in Britain.

Curbs will be placed on deposits or other guarantees that landlords can demand from tenants, and the government will aim to ease access to credit to help people rent.

Mr Abalos explained he wanted to ‘balance the rights of landlords and tenants as much as possible.’

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Vitalise your meals with minimal effort GRAEME TYRRELL MOST gardeners and chefs are aware of the importance of herbs for flavouring and spicing-up meals to give a taste that is both exotic and interesting.

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THE performance prowess of the new Ford Fiesta ST is demonstrated by a new film that features an amazing driving location - 400 metres below ground in one of Europe’s largest salt mines.

Shot at a secret location with World Rally Championship driver Elfyn Evans at the wheel, the Fiesta ST is seen slipping, sliding and jumping in the dirt. The sound of the 200PS 1.5-litre EcoBoost engine is amplified by its surroundings as it tackles a highspeed drop through the narrow, entrance tunnel.

“The salt is actually like fine gravel to drive on, quite slippery to be honest, especially on road tyres,” said Evans. “You expect it to be claustrophobic but actually it’s quite the opposite, a great place to really enjoy the new Fiesta ST.” A series of stern tests have taken place in some of the most stunning environments across the continent - from the Arctic Circle in Norway, to the sunny climes of Mallorca. Until now,

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STERN: The new Fiesta ST has undergone rigorous tests.

all the locations have been above ground.

Ford chose the secret salt mine location for a new TV advert that sees the car put through its paces within the mine’s 60kilometre network of tunnels, where temperatures are a constant 16ºC and safety precautions required that a skeleton crew was used for the three-day shoot amid strict safety precautions.

“The drama of the tunnels and the chance to show off Fiesta ST’s ability on a different type of surface were a big part of choosing this unique location,” said Leo Roeks, Ford Performance director. “It wasn’t a typical race track, it was somewhere we could drive this great car to its full potential.”

Robot car technology improved AN autonomous car has used artificial intelligence to improve its driving skills within 20 minutes.

The team at Wayve showed how a Renault fitted with the technology used trial and error to correctly follow a lane, without the use of sensors and engineered rules as other self-driving cars work.

Wayve co-Founder and chief executive Amar Shah said: “The missing piece of the self-driving puzzle is intelligent algorithms.”

Five-star blaze A MINIVAN pulled away from a petrol station in St Louis, Missouri with the fuel hose still attached. The result was an enormous spray of petrol which ignited and turned a nearby blue Lamborghini Huracan’s hot-running V10 engine into a fireball.

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www.euroweeklynews.com THE British public lack understanding when it comes to pure electric cars, with half of Brits saying they wouldn’t be able to describe what one is to someone else.

Joint industry and government campaign, Go Ultra Low, is working to dispel myths and give Brits the facts about the benefits of choosing a pure electric car

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Electric car myths busted New research published this week has revealed that there is a huge amount of misunderstanding within the British

public when it comes to pure electric cars, with many unaware of the benefits around performance, charging and cost.

One of the biggest areas of confusion is whether you can put an electric car through a car wash.

While this is no issue - just as with a petrol or diesel car a significant number admit they aren’t sure if this is an option for pure electric car owners.

Nearly half think petrol or diesel cars accelerate quicker than a pure electric, even though, in many cases, the opposite is true.

And finally, many don’t realise how many charge points there are throughout the UK. On average they think there are only 6,000 charge point connectors, when actually there are more than twice that amount, at around 17,000.

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Golden boy Kane is the second Englishman to end as the top scorer in a World Cup after Gary Lineker scored six goals in 1986.

He had 14 shots in the tournament and scored with all six of his shots on target.

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ENGLAND captain Harry Kane won the Golden Boot after finishing as the World Cup’s top scorer with six goals.

Croatia’s midfield maestro Luka Modric took home the Golden Ball, a deserving award as player of the tournament.

CAPTAIN FANTASTIC: Kane will only get better in an England shirt.

Joshua to square up to Povetkin BRITAIN’S Anthony Joshua will defend his world heavyweight titles against Russian Alexander Povetkin at Wembley Stadium on September 22.

The 28-year-old unified the WBA, IBF and WBO world heavyweight belts with a unanimous points win over New Zealander Joseph Parker in Cardiff in March.

Unbeaten in 21 professional fights, he now faces 38year-old Povetkin, the WBA champion from 2011-2013.

Povetkin knocked out Liverpudlian David Price on the Joshua-Parker undercard in Cardiff.

The experienced Russian has suffered only one defeat since his professional debut in 2005, losing by unanimous decision to Wladimir Klitschko in Moscow in 2013.

The bout will also be a meeting of two former Olympic champions, Povetkin taking super-heavyweight gold at the 2004 Athens Games and Joshua the

same title at London 2012.

“I can’t wait to get back in the ring, the end of March feels a long time ago now,” said Joshua.

“Povetkin has serious pedigree and only a fool would

underestimate what he brings to the table.”

The Russian was banned in March 2017 after failing a second drug test in a year but was cleared to resume fighting nine months later.

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Oui are the champions France win second World Cup crown minutes from Paul Pogba and Kylian Mbappe, either side of the hour mark.

Croatia, however, showed the spirit that got them into the final, refusing to give up and

even clawing a goal back when Mandzukic pounced on a poor error from France goalkeeper

Hugo Lloris.

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FRANCE won the Fifa World Cup for the second time after beating Croatia 4-2 in a thrilling final in Moscow.

A Mario Mandzukic own goal from a free kick (18 mins) got France on the board, but Ivan Perisic replied 10 minutes later with a well-taken left foot strike into the corner.

Croatia then felt they were on the wrong end of another controversial VAR decision, shortly before half time.

Referee Nestor Pitana contentiously awarded a spot-kick for a handball by Perisic, after consulting pitch-side replays, which Griezmann calmly converted.

In a high-octane second half, France drove the dagger deeper with two crisp strikes in six

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Descamps only the third person to lift the trophy as a player and manager, following Mario Zagallo and Franz Beckenbauer.

Meanwhile, England’s campaign in Russia ended with a 20 defeat by Belgium that meant the Three Lions finished in fourth place.

Thomas Meunier put Belgium ahead after just four minutes when he slid in ahead of Danny Rose to divert Nacer Chadli’s cross past goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.

England had chances to level in the second half as Toby Alderweireld cleared off the line from Eric Dier, while Harry Maguire also headed wide from a good position.

Eden Hazard wrapped it up for Belgium with eight minutes left when he got the better of Phil Jones to drive past Pickford, who had just saved smartly from Meunier.

In some ways it was a game neither side really wanted, but to finish the tournament in fourth place is a proud achievement for Gareth Southgate’s young side.